can't get there from here
(you) can't get there from here
A humorous phrase used when giving directions to a place that is far away or difficult to get to from one's current location. Main Street? Well, you can't get there from here—we're out in the sticks.
See also: get, here, there
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
(You) can't get there from here.
a catchphrase said jokingly when someone asks directions to get to a place that can be reached only by a circuitous route. Bill: How far is it to Adamsville? Tom: Adamsville? Oh, that's too bad. You can't get there from here. "Galesburg? Galesburg, you say?" said the farmer. "By golly, you can't get there from here!"
See also: get, here, there
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- checks notes
- no fox given
- it me
- (Don't ask me,) I just work here.
- (Don't ask me,) I only work here.
- GMTA
- I came, I saw, I conquered
- my face when
- my reaction when
- my body is ready