Form a rift sadly? On the contrary (3,4,2)
I believe the answer is:
far from it
'on the contrary' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'form a rift sadly?' is the wordplay.
'sadly?' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'sadly' mean this).
'form'+'a'+'rift'='formarift'
'formarift' is an anagram of 'FAR FROM IT'.
(Other definitions for far from it that I've seen before include "Affirm rot? No way, quite remote" , "Well short of objective" , "By no means" , "Ma for rift? Most unlikely, too remote" , "On the contrary" .)