back forty

back forty

Sprawling, uncultivated acreage, as would be found on a farm. I often go to the back forty of my property when I need some quiet time to think.
See also: back, forty
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • have forty winks
  • take forty winks
  • catch forty winks
  • be quiet
  • Be quiet!
  • hush someone up
  • hush something up
  • hush up
  • forty winks
  • so quiet you could hear a pin drop
References in periodicals archive
Barry Hildred, President & CEO of Aquila, commented 'In 2019, we have continued to advance pre-construction activities in compliance with all permits as issued for Back Forty. In May, we received a favorable administrative court ruling upholding our Mine Permit and Michiganregulators issued a proposed decision in favor of our permit amendments.
Aquila Resources Announces Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results
Osisko remains a significant financial partner to Aquila as the holder of gold and silver streams on the company's Back Forty Project in Michigan as well as 12,293,269 common share purchase warrants that are exercisable until May 10, 2020at a price of CDN 0.34.
Orion Buys Osisko Gold Royalties Stake in Aquila Resources
Aquila's flagship Back Forty Project is an open pit volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit with underground potential located along the minerala[euro]rich Penokean Volcanic Belt in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Orion Buys Osisko Gold Royalties Stake in Aquila Resources
Rather than accept the traditional periodization for the authoritarian shift in British politics and society, Kinkel moves it back forty years to the 1740s.
Disciplining the Empire: Politics, Governance, and the Rise of the British Navy
"Our partnership and friendship with the Sager family and Winesellers goes back forty years and is a building block for our ability to form lasting relationships with our suppliers and wholesalers."
Winesellers, Ltd. to Spotlight Columbia and Willamette Valleys with Launch of Kin & Cascadia
Still, these perks were a handful of penny candy sprinkled over a minefield: English, one of the most ungovernable academic units at Payne, had a reputation for discord and dysfunction going back forty years.
THE SHAKESPEARE REQUIREMENT
We look forward to benefiting from Jacques' insights as we advance the Back Forty Project through the next phases of its development.'
Aquila Resources names new director
Looking back forty years it is hard to discover any hard and fast reasons why so much of architectural and artistic merit was destroyed.
Immanence and immersion: Peter Newby visits two Catholic Churches where recent reorderings pay close attention to symbolic detail in pursuit of an immersive experience
Houndstooth also named Back Forty Press LLC and Laughlin Enterprises LLC as defendants.
Arkansas Business: Whispers: For daily news, register at ArkansasBusiness.com/Enews
When she begins to read them, she is taken back forty years, to the days when she was twenty-one, and dating Bromley Carder.
The Vanishing Art of Letter Writing Sally Poor McHenry
By dusk nearly every night, the coyotes howl in the back forty. The Pyrenees are ever-present, sensing possible danger and patrolling the perimeters of the pastures as if they're soldiers on patrol.
Sarah the Great (Pyrenees)
While on our way, he explained that the property is the back forty of a farm plot that in its bygone day had been used to grow the famous Long Island potato.
THE DISAPPEARING BACK FORTY: --and Long Island's rising deer population
As the winner of some of Canada's most prestigious literary awards and with a career that stretches back forty years, Coles has earned this vantage point.
A Serious Call