Probably confused here, but don't people say use the hop, skip, and a jump in situations like this:

Lost Person: "How far from here is the Famous Crooked Spire?"

Person in the Know: "Why it's only a hop, skip, and a jump from here moving east!"

Lost Person: "Which was is east? Is that the direction where the sun goes down? I never can remember...."

And so on.

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