Phrase guide

middle of nowhere

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, idiomatic, uncountable

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Across languages

Translations

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: у чорта на рагах, у віру на калу (u čórta na rahax, u viru na kalu) — remote place
  • Betawi: tempat jin buang anak — remote place
  • Bulgarian: в средата на нищото (v sredata na ništoto) — remote place
  • Catalan: quinta forca — remote place
  • Chinese Cantonese: 山旮旯地方 (saan1 kaa1 laa1 dei6 fong1) — remote place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏僻的地方 (piānpì de dìfang) — remote place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 荒郊野外 (huāngjiāoyěwài) — remote place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 前不著村後不著店 /前不着村后不着店 (qián bù zháo cūn hòu bù zháo diàn) — remote place
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鳥不拉屎的地方 /鸟不拉屎的地方 — remote place
  • Czech: prdel světa — remote place
  • Czech: kde lišky dávají dobrou noc — remote place
  • Danish: ude hvor kragerne vender — remote place
  • Danish: verdens ende — remote place
  • Danish: uden for lands lov og ret — remote place
  • Dutch: niemandsland — remote place
  • Dutch: rimboe — remote place
  • Dutch: Verweggistan — remote place
  • Estonian: Kapa-Kohila — remote place
  • Estonian: karuperse — remote place
  • Estonian: pärapõrgu — remote place
  • Finnish: Perähikiä — remote place
  • Finnish: keskellä ei-mitään — remote place
  • Finnish: hornantuutti — remote place
  • Finnish: Huitsin Nevada — remote place
  • French: au milieu de nulle part — remote place
  • French: trou du cul du monde — remote place
  • French: Trifouilly-les-Oies — remote place
  • French: Pétaouchnok — remote place
  • French: trou perdu — remote place
  • French: Perpète-lès-Oies — remote place
  • German: Arsch der Welt — remote place
  • German: wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen — remote place
  • Greek: στη μέση του πουθενά (sti mési tou pouthená) — remote place
  • Greek: στου διαβόλου τη μάνα (stou diavólou ti mána) — remote place
  • Hungarian: a semmi közepe — remote place
  • Hungarian: az isten háta mögött — remote place
  • Hungarian: ahol a madár se jár — remote place
  • Icelandic: lengst úti í rassgati — remote place
  • Irish: ar an iargúil — remote place
  • Italian: in mezzo al niente — remote place
  • Italian: in culo ai lupi — remote place
  • Italian: in culo al nulla — remote place
  • Italian: in Culonia — remote place
  • Italian: in culo al mondo — remote place
  • Italian: in culo a Cristo — remote place
  • Lombard: in mezz ai bricch — remote place
  • Lombard: a cà de Crist — remote place
  • Maltese: sorm id-dinja — remote place
  • Māori: tua o Tāwauwau — remote place
  • Navajo: tʼáá dzígaidi — remote place
  • Persian: هیچجا (hič-jâ) — remote place
  • Persian: هیچکجا (hič-kojâ) — remote place
  • Persian: تورقوزآباد (turquz-âbâd) — remote place
  • Polish: zadupie — remote place
  • Polish: wygwizdów — remote place
  • Polish: dziura — remote place
  • Polish: tam, gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc — remote place
  • Portuguese: Lugar Nenhum — remote place
  • Portuguese: meio do nada — remote place
  • Portuguese: onde Judas perdeu as botas — remote place
  • Portuguese: cu do mundo — remote place
  • Portuguese: cu de Judas — remote place
  • Portuguese: puta que pariu — remote place
  • Portuguese: casa do caralho — remote place
  • Romanian: în mijlocul pustietății — remote place
  • Romanian: în pulă cu satelitul — remote place
  • Russian: у чёрта на рога́х (u čórta na rogáx) — remote place
  • Russian: у чёрта на кули́чках (u čórta na kulíčkax) — remote place
  • Russian: медве́жий у́гол (medvéžij úgol) — remote place
  • Russian: глушь (glušʹ) — remote place
  • Russian: в захолу́стье (v zaxolústʹje) — remote place
  • Russian: за три́девять земе́ль (za trídevjatʹ zemélʹ) — remote place
  • Scottish Gaelic: ann an cùl nan cnoc — remote place
  • Scottish Gaelic: am meadhan na mòintich — remote place
  • Serbo-Croatian: усред ничега (usred ničega) — remote place
  • Sicilian: a casa di Cristu — remote place
  • Sicilian: unni persi i scarpi u Signuri — remote place
  • Sicilian: a Carrapipi — remote place
  • Sicilian: a Munciuffi — remote place
  • Sicilian: a fari 'n culu — remote place
  • Sicilian: a pirdìrisi u pilu — remote place
  • Slovene: kraj, kjer ti lisica lahko noč vošči — remote place
  • Spanish: en el culo del mundo — remote place
  • Spanish: andurrial — remote place
  • Spanish: quilombo — remote place
  • Sranan Tongo: psa Gado ai — remote place
  • Swedish: mitt i ingenstans — remote place
  • Swedish: världens ände — remote place
  • Tagalog: gitna ng kawalan — remote place
  • Thai: ไกลปืนเที่ยง — remote place
  • Turkish: dağ başı — remote place
  • Turkish: cehennemin dibi — remote place
  • Turkish: Allah'ın dağı — remote place
  • Turkish: kaynanasının nikahı — remote place
  • Vietnamese: khỉ ho cò gáy — remote place
  • Welsh: ym mhen draw’r byd — remote place
  • Yiddish: העק (hek) — remote place