out of reach

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

out of reach

1. Outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.
2. (idiomatic) Impossible or too far away.

   I'm sorry, but your goal of becoming an astronaut is out of reach with those grades.

   • 2023 May 17, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 4 - 0 Real Madrid”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     City have lost two previous semi-finals to Real but they made no mistake here at a joyous Etihad Stadium to now stand one step away from claiming the trophy that has always stayed tantalisingly out of reach for Pep Guardiola's team.

Translations

beyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm

• Finnish: ulottumattomissa
• French: hors d’atteinte (fr), hors de portée (fr)
• Georgian: მიუწვდომელი (miuc̣vdomeli)
• German: außer Reichweite (de), nicht erreichbar
• Maori: aweawe, kaiawe
• Spanish: a trasmano, a desmano
• Swedish: utom räckhåll

impossible or too far away

• Georgian: მიუღწეველი (miuɣc̣eveli)
• German: unerreichbar (de), außer Reichweite (de)