Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

a far cry from (something)
- something very different from something
The man's statement is a far cry from what he told me over the telephone.
far from it
- not at all
"Far from it," I answered when the supervisor asked me if I was finished my work.
far into the night
- late into the night
I studied far into the night because I had a big test the next day.
far out
- to be strange
The man's sense of humor was far out and nobody understood him.
farm (something) out
- to have someone else do something, to send something away to have it done
We farmed out the printing to another company in order to save money.
fast and furious
- very rapidly
The questions were coming fast and furious during the job interview.
fast buck
- money earned quickly and easily
The man is always trying to make a fast buck without working very hard.
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