wide of the mark
US /waɪd əv ði mɑrk/
・UK /waɪd əv ðə mɑ:k/
B2
idm.Not accurate or correct; far from the intended point.
Your guess was wide of the mark; the answer was different.
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Jack and the Beanstalk (1974) [subtitles]
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- Well, you're a bright boy, and that guess isn't very wide of the mark.
Well, you're a bright boy, and that guess isn't very wide of the mark.
- and that guess isn't very wide of the mark.
and that guess isn't very wide of the mark.
Top 20 WORST Super Bowl Moments of All Time
- With four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Carolina Panthers had the ball down 1016 against the Denver Broncos, second and nine and passed wide of the mark.
With four minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Carolina Panthers had the ball down 1016 against the Denver Broncos, second and nine and passed wide of the mark.
- Second and nine, and Newton's pass wide of the mark.
Second and nine, and Newton's pass wide of the mark.
Through the Looking-Glass Audiobook by Lewis Carroll
- do you know why they're so fond of fishes all about here?' She spoke to the red queen, whose answer was a little wide of the mark.
do you know why they're so fond of fishes all about here?' She spoke to the red queen, whose answer was a little wide of the mark.
- She spoke to the Red Queen, whose answer was a little wide of the mark.
She spoke to the Red Queen, whose answer was a little wide of the mark.