As The Crow Flies Ep1 - ROCKY

"As the crow flies" is an idiom that means **the shortest, most direct distance between two points**, without considering obstacles like roads or terrain. The phrase dates back to at least the **early 19th century**, appearing in **Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (1838)**. Interestingly, while crows do tend to fly in relatively straight lines, they don’t always follow a perfectly direct path. The phrase likely originated from the idea that crows, when released from ships, would instinctively fly toward land.