Find the meaning of the underlined Idiom :
It is a far cry from democracy to autocracy.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → No easy transition
A far cry from means very different from, so far apart that one cannot easily pass from one to the other. Democracy and autocracy are opposite forms of government, so the change from one to the other is no easy transition.
Example: The tiny flat was a far cry from the big house he had grown up in.