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be a far cry from

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be a far cry from something
to be very different from something. His new luxury mansion is a far cry from the one-bedroom cottage he lived in as a child.
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Once completed in December 2006, it will be a far cry from the University Park Apartments, where the 72-member department now works.
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It may be a far cry from giving people a real voice in their special-interest-dominated municipal government, but anything that makes civic life more accessible to the public is a welcome development.
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