back street

1. A place or area that is regarded as unimportant or insignificant. But you'll get very little foot traffic if you open your shop on this back street.

2. A suspicious place known for the seedy or nefarious activities that happen there. Stay away from the back streets—I don't want you involved in any of the illegal activities that go on there.

back street

Also, back alley. A less prominent or inferior location; also, a scene of clandestine or illegal dealings. For example, The highway department is very slow to clear snow from the back streets, or Before they were made legal, abortions were often performed in back alleys. Although back street literally means "one away from the main or business area of a town or city," this term, from the early 1600s, became associated with underhanded dealings, and back alley, from the mid-1800s, is always used in this sense.

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释义	back street back street 1. A place or area that is regarded as unimportant or insignificant. But you'll get very little foot traffic if you open your shop on this back street. 2. A suspicious place known for the seedy or nefarious activities that happen there. Stay away from the back streets—I don't want you involved in any of the illegal activities that go on there. See also: back, street Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. back street Also, back alley. A less prominent or inferior location; also, a scene of clandestine or illegal dealings. For example, The highway department is very slow to clear snow from the back streets, or Before they were made legal, abortions were often performed in back alleys. Although back street literally means "one away from the main or business area of a town or city," this term, from the early 1600s, became associated with underhanded dealings, and back alley, from the mid-1800s, is always used in this sense. See also: back, street The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. See also: mere trifle be nothing to (one) be/mean nothing to somebody Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel? be not worth a fig fig, not care/give/worth a be not worth the paper it's printed on cipher be breaking a butterfly on a wheel break a butterfly on a wheel References in periodicals archive WHILE YOU'RE THERE Explore the back streets of the Square Mile taking in the Tower Bridge Exhibition, which competes with the London Eye for the best view of London. HOTEL of the week But instead of looking steadily at frightening statistics like these, the latest mania to seize the Welsh government is to return abortion to the back streets - and even be proud of it. Returning abortion to the back streets Neighbour Sedgie Wick said: "The emergency services are sending cars down our back street and that's what alerted us. Road closed over fears for house Thursday Lives is back at the Home for Cooperation, and tonight the musical atmosphere will be filled with the bluesy sounds of Rumba Attack and the Back Street 3, featuring Bex Marshall. Thursday vibes A KENSINGTON teenager has pleaded not guilty to raping a woman in a Liverpool city centre back street. Teen pleads not guilty to rape charge; NEWS WIRE Almost 25 years after his death and 40 years after Back Street Crawler's 'The Band Played On', Mike Montgomery's songs continue to capture the ears of loyal fans and new listeners. Crawling Spider: the Songs of Mike Montgomery and Paul Kossoff IN reply to Kevin Lynch (Letters, April 14), Standard Avenue may be a little back street to him but to the residents it's a long, winding avenue with a school at the end of it, Templars, but this doesn't stop the speeding cars and vans going along it. Speeders go past pupils; Letters letters@coventrytelegraph.net In the film, Dante's character, a frustrated middle-aged lesbian, comes to a stalemate with a stubborn grieving widow when the cars they are driving come grill-to-grill on a narrow back street in a poor Palermo neighborhood. Venice: Dante depicts standstill in debut film Traffic has been diverted at the traffic signal of the Abu Dhabi Ruler's Representative Court to the back street of the Court, and from the traffic signal of Al Dhafra Cooperative society to the back street of Al Gharbia Municipality building according to the plan. Partial closure of Madinat Zayed street Surely targeting an unimportant back street in the market area isn't achieving this? As a ratepayer caught by the 'red menace', I ask: 'Who is really at fault here?' Yousay IN YOUR OPINION.. Here, within the pages, was one of the most unusual (and necessary) back street trades, and one shared between London and Birmingham. Book gives a real bird's eye view of city trade I WAS interested to read the letter by KKehoe (Letters, July 24) which complained of receiving a parking ticket for "unnecessary obstruction", while parked in a back street with no double yellow lines off Leeds Street. Bemused by ticket; LETTERS to the EDITOR: The Back Street Diner not only sounds like something straight out of the States, it looks like that too. Be one if you are not yet a Back Street diner! A loud pyrotechnic burst signalled "The Bang" but then Thunder went back to their first album and the Back Street Symphony. REVIEW: Thunder still storming; THUNDER Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Jackson County Farmers Market Where: Parallel to Mill Street, more commonly referred to as Back Street by the locals. Tailgate markets
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