WordNet
not by a long sight
adv. definitely not; "the prize is by no means certain"; "and that isn't all, not by a long sight" [syn: by no means, not by a blame sight] [ant: by all means]
Usage examples of "not by a long sight".
I got to thinking that I hadn't seen all of it, not by a long sight, in spite of all the geography trips I had made and going to one Scout round-up in Switzerland and the time George and Anne and I went to Siam.
It was my watch below till twelve, but I wouldn't 'a' turned in anyway if I'd had a bed, because a body don't see such a storm as that every day in the week, not by a long sight.
En it ain't on'y jist Essex blood dat's in you, not by a long sight—.