This saying means the shortest distance between two points. Though crows seldom fly in a straight line, the phrase expresses how any bird might fly without having to follow the wanderings of a road. There is a similar phrase concerning bees, with reference to the straight line supposedly taken instinctively by a bee when returning to the hive: 'to make a beeline for something'.

Übersetzung:

Luftlinie

Gegenteil(e)

The opposite of "as the crow flies" is "to go by a roundabout route".

Synonym(e):

You could also say: to make a beeline for something or to take the shortest distance between two points.