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An idiom expresses a concept informally, rather than a precise description. In this case, 'a stone's throw' describes a distance familiar to any reader, rather than distract or divert the reader with a precise distance with which the reader may be unfamiliar. "There's a great bar just 9 fathoms away" stops the reader in his tracks.

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