A man was driving down the road with twenty penguins in the back seat.
The police stop him and say that he can’t drive around with the penguins in the car and should take them to the zoo.
The man agrees and drives off.
The next day the same man is driving down the road with twenty penguins in the back and again he is stopped by the same police officer who says, "Hey! I thought I told you to take those to the zoo."
The man replies, "I did. Today I’m taking them to the movies."
(further, furthest or farther, farthest) —adv. - at, to, or by a great distance (far away; far off; far out).
- a long way (off) in space or time (are you travelling far?).
- to a great extent or degree; by much (far better; far too early). —adj. - remote; distant (far country).
- more distant (far end of the hall).
- extreme (far left). as far as 1 right up to (a place).
- to the extent that. By far by a great amount. A far cry a long way. Far from very different from being; almost the opposite of (far from being fat). Go far 1 achieve much.
- contribute greatly. Go too far overstep the limit (of propriety etc.). So far 1 to such an extent; to this point.
- until now. So (or in so) far as (or that) to the extent that. So far so good satisfactory up to now. [old english]
- and away adv. By a very large amount.
- and wide adv. Over a large area.
- east n. (prec. By the) china, japan, and other countries of e. Asia.
