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Originally Posted by bieasy  Hi,
Is the following sentence correct?
'What makes me desperate, is that the solution is at our arm's length and what are we doing? Let me tell you: Absolutely nothing!' |
At arm's length=at some distance. For example "keep someone at arm's length"=At such a distance that physical or social contact is discouraged.
Yet, I came across this (named as Indian English) idiom and am not sure myself what to think
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See th link:
At arm's length - UsingEnglish.com