C1idiomeverydayIELTS-friendly
a far cry from
USUK
very different from something, often much worse or much better
Always followed by 'from'. Useful in IELTS for comparing the past and the present.
In context
Our tiny flat in Saigon is a far cry from the big house we had in the countryside.
Today's smartphones are a far cry from the first mobile phones of the 1990s.
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