The phrase a far cry means very different from something else. It is often used to compare the present with the past, and often to compare something that is currently worse.
This idiom originated from Scottish messengers who would shout messages to each other and this was used as a way to communicate long distance, so a far cry was originally used as slang for a long distance.
This idiom originated from Scottish messengers who would shout messages to each other and this was used as a way to communicate long distance, so a far cry was originally used as slang for a long distance.
This small house is a far cry from the mansion they expected.