real English?

[bmdamare at UMICH.EDU]

There is an English expression "at an arm's throw", although it's far 
less common than "a stone's throw".  I'd stick with the stone, as well.


Quoting "Paul B. Gallagher" <paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM>:

> I'm not familiar with "at a throw of a hand"; perhaps it's British or 
> something. We do have a phrase "a stone's throw from (somewhere)" 
> meaning "near (somewhere)," but your listener will have to be 
> exceptionally insightful to guess that from "at a throw of a hand."


- Brad Damare'
Dept of Slavic Languages and Literatures
University of Michigan

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