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"Over yonder as the crow the flies" is a ridiculous statement that makes sense to a lot of people (lemm.ee)
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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I could see it making sense in combination with a "you can't get there from here" type of situation. Someone asks, "Where is ____?" and the response is "over yonder as the crow flies", because it is literally in that direction, but since there are no direct roads to actually get there you must travel in a different direction first, which is why "as the crow flies" needs to be specified.