What the president had achieved during his presidency was a far cry from what he had promised during his run for election.

Choose the option that best explains the meaning of the phrase **a far cry from** without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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What the president had achieved during his presidency was a far cry from what he had promised during his run for election.

Choose the option that best explains the meaning of the phrase **a far cry from** without changing the meaning of the sentence.

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**Solution:**

1. The idiom **'a far cry from'** means something that is very different or distant from something else.

2. In the sentence, it indicates that the president's actual achievements during his term were significantly different from the promises made during the election campaign.

3. Among the options, only option (d) correctly conveys this meaning by stating that the achievements were "very different" from the promises.

4. Other options either imply similarity, importance, or prerequisite conditions, which do not match the idiom's meaning.

**Answer:** Option (d) "What the president had achieved during his presidency was very different from what he had promised during his run for election."

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