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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
2011年7月15日 07:53
解答 · 6
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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
2011年7月15日
1
"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 :)
2011年7月15日
1
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...
2011年7月15日
Up to now not inaccurate.
2011年7月15日
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