in backyard

in (one's) (own) back yard

In or near to one's area of residence or business. Local farmers have banded together to protest the government's plan of building a series of windfarm generators in their back yard. We don't want to have such a large, ugly monument in our own back yard.
See also: back, yard
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

in one's (own) backyard

Fig. very close to one, where one lives, or where one is. That kind of thing is quite rare. Imagine it happening right in your backyard. You always think of something like that happening to someone else. You never expect to find it in your own backyard.
See also: backyard
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • backyard
  • in (one's) (own) back yard
  • in one's own backyard
  • in your backyard
  • speak against
  • speak against (someone or something)
  • (one's) jig is up
  • at (one's) doorstep
  • at doorstep
  • at (one's) expense
References in periodicals archive
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is keen on disallowing the sale of swill feeds, which experts suspect as one of the possible causes of the abnormal hog deaths in backyard farms recently.
DA tightens swill feeding ban as mystery disease kills hogs
Similarly, great powers keep a close watch on internal developments in backyard states and may attempt to influence the outcome of those developments ranging, for example, from the application of political and economic pressure, to the provision of financial aid, to outright military intervention in order to safeguard the stronger power's vital interests.
To understand foreign policy, understand 'backyard wars'
Because little is known about the prevalence of AIV in backyard flocks contiguous to commercial farms, we aimed to quantify the seroprevalence of AIV and H5 subtype and to identify risk factors for infection in backyard flocks near commercial farms affected by HPAI H5N8 during the 2016-2017 epidemic.
Role of Backyard Flocks in Transmission Dynamics of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza A(H5N8) Clade 2.3.4.4, France, 2016-2017
Overall high antibiotic resistance was observed against Amoxycillin and Tetracycline with percentage resistance of 71.4% and 57.1% in commercial broiler, whereas 80.3% and 82.1% in backyard poultry respectively.
COMPARATIVE ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE PROFILE OF THE MULTIDRUG RESISTANT E.COLI ISOLATED FROM COMMERCIAL AND BACKYARD POULTRY
The living room displays a large wall of floor to ceiling windows overlooking the deck and fenced in backyard. This bungalow style house will make the perfect investment to renew this gem to its original beauty.
The Justice Barton Realty Group Adds a Newly Listed, Hidden Gem Short Sale
The 43% decline in the overall number of avian submissions from its peak in 2007 to 2012 demonstrates that the increase in Backyard Flock submissions is significant and cannot be attributed to a general increase in avian submissions.
Popular Backyard Flock program reduces biosecurity risks of amateur production
Instead, they're rallying government officials to prohibit burning household waste in backyard barrels.
Barrel burning under fire
Check out the hottest trends and products in backyard design at www.poolspanews.com
Making room: retailers say the backyard room trend is growing every year, but to be successful, stores--and sales philosophies--have to grow with it
70) is highly deceptive in implying that avid recyclers are responsible for more dioxin in backyard burning.
Letters
1997) (area in backyard fenced on three sides was within curtilage).
Curtilage: the expectation of privacy in the yard
'Stocks of cattle in backyard farms declined by 0.74 percent from 2.40 million heads in 2018 to 2.39 million heads in 2019,' the PSA said.
PSA: Cattle, carabao population recorded declines in January
But three children drowning in backyard pools within a few days is causing public safety officials to remind parents and guardians to be hyper-vigilant this summer.
Safety first when it comes to summer swims; Drownings across the state point to pool dangers
Esmael Mangudadatu demonstrates to his constituent-adult and children basic steps in vegetable seed germination and farming in backyards on separate occasions in Buluan town in 2013.
In BARMM, backyard gardening pushed as hedge against drought