The phrase "a skip from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a short distance or a quick movement from one place to another.
Example: "The café is just a skip from my apartment, making it easy to grab a coffee in the morning."
Alternatives: "a stone's throw from" or "a hop from".
The next evening in Salford, a hop and a skip from Rochdale, came the general election leaders' TV debate.
And, ever since, there's been an unbeatable new boon to working here: you're never more than a hop or a skip from where they shot The Ladykillers.
Tomato sauce pours as slowly as molasses for Pasquale Di Tillio and his pizza parlor at 8 Cortlandt Street, a skip from ground zero.
I'm not sure I think in those terms," Ms. Foley mused the other day between sips of iced tea at Patroon, a clubby Midtown steakhouse just a skip from her office.
As part of the spoils from that war, Japan took Taiwan, a hop and a skip from the newly annexed Senkakus.China's claims, by contrast, are redolent of the old China-centred world that shattered in 1894-95.
The Cortiina (Ledererstrasse 8; 49-89-24-2249-0) offers style as well as a central location a hop and a skip from Marienplatz, with doubles from 226 euros.
(Call ahead for reservations and to check availability.) PARIS Just a skip away from Jules Verne is the well-regarded Au Bon Accueil (14, rue de Monttessuy, 75007; 33-1-4705-4611; www.aubonaccueilparis.com), a modern bistro owned by the restaurateur Jacques Lacipiere.
The aXiomatic selection is smart because ESPN is a hop and a skip away from esports.
It's a short skip from there to suggesting that – to paraphrase a recent notorious argument against US gun control – if you're facing bad guys with bombs, then you need good guys with thumbscrews.
A short skip from the beautiful-but-busy Whitesands Bay is this tiny beach, tucked just behind the would-be earlobe of St Davids Head.
Open daily 10am-6pm Though Disjecta is in the extreme north end of the city (NoPo man, you're gettin' in it now), like most things in Portland it's just a hop and skip from a light rail stop (call it the Max, though).
