in the middle of nowhere

in the middle of nowhere

In a very distant, remote, and isolated location. I'll never understand why they built this campus out here in the middle of nowhere. We're in the middle of nowhere, so I doubt you'll get any cell phone reception. Maureen asked me out to her new house, but I didn't feel like going—her place is in the middle of nowhere.

See also: middle, nowhere, of

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*in the middle of nowhere

Fig. in a very remote place. (*Typically: be ~; drive [into] ~; put someone or something [into] ~.) To get to my house, you have to drive into the middle of nowhere. We found a nice place to eat, but it's out in the middle of nowhere.

See also: middle, nowhere, of

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

in the middle of nowhere

or

out in the middle of nowhere

COMMON If a place is in the middle of nowhere or out in the middle of nowhere, it is in the countryside, a long way from the nearest town. When I was 14, my family moved away from Glasgow to a village in the middle of nowhere. She lives out in the middle of nowhere with her three dogs.

See also: middle, nowhere, of

Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

(be/live) in the middle of ˈnowhere

(informal) (be/live) somewhere that is a long way from other buildings, towns, etc: They own a small farm in the middle of nowhere. ♢ The house isn’t easy to find — it’s in the middle of nowhere.

See also: middle, nowhere, of

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