Hop, Skip and a Jump

Hop, Skip and a Jump

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Hopping, skipping and jumping are all fun physical acts.

hop, skip and a jump

So are Jonathan and Anna getting some exercise?

After work some of us are going to that new bar near the office.

They have free karaoke all night!

Where is it? If it’s too far, I can’t go.

From the office, it’s just a hop, skip and a jump.

Hmm.

I’ll take a taxi.

I just told you it’s not far.

I know. But I can’t hop, skip or jump in these shoes.

This is a jump.

Hopping is jumping on one foot.

And this is skipping.

If you do a hop, a skip and a jump, you don’t travel very far.

So this expression simply means that something is not that far away.

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