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>  They don't realize that's exactly as silly as saying "we are miles ahead
> of our competitors", or in European, "we are kilometers ahead of our
> competitors". IMO that expression just isn't sensible with a measurement
> of distance.

For what it's worth the distance metaphor is commonly used in French. In 
fact the original distance unit used in the expression is "lieue" (league), 
so I guess it's a couple of centuries old at least, and "leagues away from" 
or "leagues ahead" is also used in English. The metaphor has been updated to 
light-years too but it's so common that there's nothing remarkable with it.

G.

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