far cry

1. 1.

   distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry

   “it's a far cry from here”

   Broaderfarness
2. 2.

   a disappointing disparity

   “it was a far cry from what he had expected”

   Broaderdisparity

Questions about far cry

What does far cry mean?

far cry means "distance estimated in terms of the audibility of a cry". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is far cry a common word?

far cry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.