not by a long shot

"Trump's trade war is not over – not by a long shot," is the verdict of Grace Fan of the consultancy TS Lombard.

“They are more consistent right now than they were last year. Are they a finished product? Not by a long shot, but we like the progress. And that’s what the game of baseball is — progression.”

No, not by a long shot, and neither are any of us, especially on our worst day.

Not every course of every meal, not by a long shot.

And these jurors were not all liberal Democrats, not by a long shot.