the middle of nowhere

the middle of nowhere

An extremely distant, remote, and isolated location. I'll never understand why they built this campus out here in the middle of nowhere. Even though we were only a few miles outside of town, the empty fields on each side of the cabin made it feel like the middle of nowhere.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

middle of nowhere

a very isolated place. I don't want to stay out here in the middle of nowhere. I was stranded in the middle of nowhere for an hour with a flat tire.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

the middle of nowhere

somewhere very remote and isolated. informal
This is one example of several derogatory expressions concerning rural life as viewed from an urban perspective: compare with the back of beyond (at back) and in the sticks (at stick).
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

middle of nowhere

n. an isolated place. I don’t want to stay out here in the middle of nowhere.
See also: middle, nowhere, of
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • middle of nowhere
  • in the middle of nowhere
  • nowhere
  • bumfuck
  • bumfuck nowhere
  • buttfuck nowhere
  • distant
  • distant corner of the world
  • be at the end of nowhere
  • at the end of nowhere
References in periodicals archive
There are numerous examples of establishments or businesses, either based in the middle of nowhere or which offer very niche solutions, yet their customers go out of their way to support and have, in turn, stood the test of time.
After the bankruptcy of their restaurant in the capital, the couple went south to run a small restaurant in the middle of nowhere.
PICK OF THE DAY BEN FOGLE: NEW LIVES IN THE WILD Channel 5, 9pm NOT content with the nine-to-five drudge or weary commute, some intrepid adventurers have decided to up sticks and move to the middle of nowhere.
NOT content with the 9-to-5 drudge or weary commute, some intrepid adventurers have decided to up sticks and move to the middle of nowhere.
If you're craving your favourite coffee, but are stuck in traffic, jammed in a long queue, in the middle of nowhere or in any situation where it is difficult to find it, all you need to do is a pop this coffee in the form of a candy,' said Balakrishna M, general manager, Sweets of Oman.
Tell a secret: We hired a Ford Mustang on a tour in the US and in the middle of nowhere started doing doughnuts in a car park - only to be pulled up by the cops a few minutes later to be told we were actually in a police car park!
Back in my day it was all about the parks and fields in the middle of nowhere Faye Towlson-mann Its nothing to do with Mcdonalds its to do with too much alcohol all day every day.
Stranded in the middle of nowhere with her wedding dress caked in mud, will Tracy inadvertently jilt the love of her life?
|Chris Tarrant In the middle of nowhere, he flags down one of world's biggest trains, the Canadian, and heads for the Prairies.
Shelia Crane, who works in Baca County in far southeastern Colorado, says the most common misperception she hears is: "Why in the world would you want to live in the middle of nowhere?"
"The estate is just marooned in the middle of nowhere," says Julie, above, single mum-of-six who cares for her severely braindamaged son Reagan, 15, and, like many of her neighbours, is on benefits.
May it impart to the vapor a loopy eye of watchfulness, as if to confirm that, in the middle of nowhere, here is a living thing.
If you're in the middle of nowhere and smack bang in the middle of a monumental gearbox issue without reverse, here's a reasonably clever fix to get you moving again.
According to the Daily Express, Flintoff, who has a daughter Holly, nine, and two sons Corey, eight, and Rocky, five, said that he missed his children as they were in the middle of nowhere while shooting for the show and he only had a satellite phone.