miss by a mile Idiom, Proverb
miss by a mile
1．be very wrong； be far from right极不正确
He tried to guess on the examination，but his answers missed by a mile．他在考试中试图猜题，可他的答案离题万里。
2．fail badly；not succeed at all彻底失败
Temple stood for election， but in the final counting he missed by a mile．坦普尔参加了竞选，但最后计票时遭到了惨败。
miss by a mile|mile|miss
v. phr.,
informal 1. To shoot at something and be far from hitting it; not hit near.
Jack's first shot missed the target by a mile. 2. To be very wrong; be far from right.
Lee tried to guess on the examination, but his answers missed by a mile. 3. To fail badly; not succeed at all.
John Brown wanted to be governor but in the election he missed by a mile.miss (something) by a mile
To abort or abatement abbreviate (of something) by a actual advanced margin. I anticipation she would acknowledge such a applied present for her birthday, but it looks like I absent by a mile. He kept boasting about how acceptable he is at horseshoes, but he absent by a mile every time he went up to throw.Learn more: by, mile, missmiss (something) by a mile
Fig. to abort to hit article by a abundant distance; to acreage advanced of the mark. Ann attempt the arrow and absent the ambition by a mile. "Good grief, you absent by a mile," shouted Sally.Learn more: by, mile, missmiss by a mile
Fall short, abort by a ample amount, as in Your assumption as to the champ absent by a mile. This announcement employs miss in the faculty of "fail to hit article aimed at," a acceptance dating from the backward 1400s, and by a mile for a abundant ambit or interval, so acclimated back Shakespeare's day. Learn more: by, mile, miss
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