as the crow flies

Etymology
From the fact that while crows fly to their source of food, their flight bypasses obstacles like rivers and terrain. Compare.

Adverb

 * 1)  In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 筆直地
 * Czech:
 * Danish: i fugleflugt
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: linnulennult
 * Finnish: linnuntietä
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: σε ευθεία γραμμή
 * Hebrew: בקו אווירי
 * Hungarian:, légvonalban
 * Irish: i bhfoirm líne díreach trasna tíre
 * Italian: in linea d'aria
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: i luftlinje, i fugleflukt
 * Polish: w linii prostej
 * Portuguese: em linha reta
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: vzdušnou čiarou
 * Spanish: a vuelo de pájaro
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: