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what's the "not so far off the mark" mean?
a sentence as bellew:
"To be sure, experts' evaluation of the technical flaws in sound experiments was not so far off the mark"
how to understand about "not so far off the mark"?
thank you
2011년 7월 15일 오전 7:53
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on the mark = to be 100% correct
off the mark = not to be 100% correct
Variations of this are:
off the mark
far off the mark
very far off the mark
not so far off the mark (=quite close)
not too far off the mark
etc
2011년 7월 15일
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"not so far off the mark"
Not far = close to
so "not so far off the mark" means the experiment results were close to the mark.
in another way : Technical flows were very close to the agreed value.
hope it helps :)
2011년 7월 15일
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This is a term which probably comes from target practice or hunting.
Mark - Target to shoot at
Not so far off of - close to
It is close to the target...
2011년 7월 15일
Up to now not inaccurate.
2011년 7월 15일
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