arse end of nowhere
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9.9
- idiom
- /ɑːs ɛnd əv ˈnəʊwɛə/
- Offensive
:
culo del mundo
Examples
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I've always felt safe in my car: late at night, drunk, high, driving through the worst neighborhoods or the ass-end of nowhere.
Fiction book (1997) -
Complete ass-end of nowhere.
Fiction book (1996) -
You wouldn't believe how far we drove to reach this arse end of nowhere.
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After hours on the road, we finally arrived at a remote cabin in the arse end of nowhere.
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Living in the arse end of nowhere means it takes an hour to reach the nearest town.
Synonyms
91
4.6
A place far from towns and people
13
4.7
A small unimportant place that seems far from everywhere
10
6.1
Far from towns and not easy to reach
9
4.0
In a place far from towns and not often visited
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9.1
A place far from towns where few people live
1
9.8
A place far from towns and people
1
9.9
A very remote place far from towns or cities
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9.9
A very far away empty place with nothing there
Antonyms
How Remote
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents 'nowhere' and 'end' transparently signal a remote location, and a learner who knows those words can infer a very out-of-the-way place. However, 'arse' is a slang/vulgar intensifier whose contribution is pragmatic (emphasis and rudeness) rather than literal, so the exact register and force of the expression may not be predictable. Because the basic locative meaning is derivable but the nuance and vulgar tone require exposure, the MWE is rated semi-transparent.
Etymology
Arse end of nowhere may come from a rude picture: imagine the arse, the back part of a person, put at the very edge of a map called nowhere, so it suggests the farthest, most useless spot. That's why it means 'a very remote or isolated place'.