the wide blue yonder

the wide (or wild) blue yonder

the sky or sea; the far or unknown distance.

The phrase comes from ‘Army Air Corps’ ( 1939 ), a song by Robert Crawford : ‘Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun’.

See also: blue, wide, yonder

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