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a stone's throw from

very close to a place

If somewhere is a stone's throw from a place, it is very close to that place.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Where did you stay in London?

In a hotel a stone's throw from Hyde Park.

Play the conversation

The café is a stone's throw from the office, so we often eat there.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Our hotel was a stone's throw of the beach.

Say: Our hotel was a stone's throw from the beach.

The fixed expression uses "from" before the nearby place.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be a stone's throw from somewhere

Your turn: say it out loud

The café is a stone's throw from the office, so we often eat there.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

a stone's throw from

very close to a place

“The café is a stone's throw from the office, so we often eat there.”

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