from the ends of the earth
From the most distant, remote place(s) on the planet. In her new book, travel writer Christine LaFlamme recounts tales of adventure and beauty from the ends of the earth. If I find out that you robbed me of my inheritance, I'll come from the ends of the Earth to get it back! Geez, they only live three hours away, but they act like they're coming from the ends of the earth for this party!
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ends of the earth, (from) the
The remotest parts of the globe. The phrase first appeared in the Bible: “All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God” (Psalms 98:3). This turn of phrase is based on the idea of a flat earth, which actually has “ends.” Nevertheless, it survived the general acknowledgment that the globe is spherical and was a cliché by the late nineteenth century.
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