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Mike's house is just a stone's throw away from mine.

This means Mike is living next door.

Stone's throw away is an idiom to say something is quite near or at a very short distance. I understand this.

The question is what is an apostrophe doing there? Is it possession or a verb? In eitherany case, how?

Also, why the indefinite article a is required?

Mike's house is just a stone's throw away from mine.

This means Mike is living next door.

Stone's throw away is an idiom to say something is quite near or at a very short distance. I understand this.

The question is what is an apostrophe doing there? Is it possession or a verb? In either case, how?

Also, why the indefinite article a is required?

Mike's house is just a stone's throw away from mine.

This means Mike is living next door.

Stone's throw away is an idiom to say something is quite near or at a very short distance. I understand this.

The question is what is an apostrophe doing there? Is it possession? In any case how?

Also, why the indefinite article a is required?

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Maulik V
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Something a 'stone's throw away' from something - what's an apostrophe and an article doing there?

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Maulik V
Maulik V
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Something 'stone's throw away' from something - what's an apostrophe doing there?

Mike's house is just a stone's throw away from mine.

This means Mike is living next door.

Stone's throw away is an idiom to say something is quite near or at a very short distance. I understand this.

The question is what is an apostrophe doing there? Is it possession or a verb? In either case, how?

Also, why the indefinite article a is required?