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Bookmark or Share- it isn't much of a stretch | WordReference ForumsEnglish. Oct 2, 2010. #1. I've been perusing through forums for 'stretch' in such as meaning as 'it isn't much of a stretch' and found long à qch. But I'm not sure it was used in quite a different context to mine, in relation to attaining a goal. My full sentence is >.
- long stretch - WordReference ForumsAustralia; English. Sep 29, 2012. #2. "Long stretch" has a double meaning: first, in the physical sense, it means it's not a long way. It is also commonly used to refer to a logical leap: "given this, it's not a long stretch to assume that". So I suppose the passage is kind of making a joke, in that if you're already three inches away from her ...
- Not much of a stretch - WordReference ForumsThere's a conversation between three people. A: You both served [at war, Europe] overseas. B: It's not much of a stretch, Doc. We were both paper pushers. I can't find the right meaning of "not much of a stretch". Does B means it wasn't for a long time of period or more possibly, you don't need to be a wise man to get there.
- by a long stretch - WordReference ForumsEnglish-U.S. Feb 11, 2022. #3. Just to be clear, the meaning is more general than this example shows. "Not by a long stretch" is a synonym of "definitely not." For example, "Loggins is no expert on the matter, not by a long stretch." The "long stretch" in the phrase is the great distance between a statement and the truth.
- Long queue of traffics/cars. | WordReference ForumsHindi. Oct 21, 2016. #6. Edinburgher said: It doesn't matter whether you say a long queue of cars or a long queue of traffic. In both cases the verb should be is, not are, because the grammatical subject is queue, not cars or traffic. But there is a problem with a queue being stranded, and of course if you mean the queue is 2km long, you should ...
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