out of reach

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

out of reach

Outside the distance to which someone can stretch out their hand.
(idiomatic) Impossible or too far away.
I'm sorry, but your goal of becoming an astronaut is out of reach with those grades.

Translations

beyond the distance of an outstretched hand or arm

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

Impossible or too far away

German: unerreichbar (de)

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