miss by a mile
Fall short, fail by a considerable amount, as in Your guess as to the winner missed by a mile. This expression employs miss in the sense of “fail to hit something aimed at,” a usage dating from the late 1400s, and by a mile for a great distance or interval, so used since Shakespeare's day.
Words nearby miss by a mile
misrepresent,
misrule,
misrun,
miss,
miss a beat,
miss by a mile,
miss fire,
miss is as good as a mile, a,
miss julie,
miss lonelyhearts,
miss much