English-French translations for by a long shot

• de loin
  La Bosnie n'est pas prête à faire partie de l'Union européenne, et de loin. Bosnia is not ready for EU membership, not by a long shot.
  Malheureusement, ils ne sont pas suffisants, et de loin. It is just unfortunate that they are not enough, not by a long shot.
  par écrit. - (NL) Entreprendre de façon socialement responsable devrait aller de soi. Ce n'est hélas pas encore le cas et de loin. Not by a long shot is it taken as self-evident, as it should be, that companies should exercise corporate social responsibility.
• largement
  Comme le commissaire l'a dit, la Commission a largement échoué dans sa tentative d'obtenir une déclaration d'assurance positive. Well, as the commissioner has already said, the Commission has not - not by a long shot - achieved what it had set out to achieve, namely a positive statement of assurance (DAS).

Definition of by a long shot

• By a wide margin; indicates a very big difference or disparity

Examples

• He couldnt keep up with me, not by a long shot
• He speaks better than he writes, by a long shot

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