the arse end of nowhere
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9.9
- idiom
- /ði ɑːs ɛnd əv ˈnəʊwɛə/
- Offensive
:
el culo del mundo
- After hours of driving, we finally arrived at the arse end of nowhere, where the nearest town was miles away.
Examples
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And theres nothing out there, as far as the eye can see, is this bloody great big hole, in the ass end of nowhere.
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Some nice little farm bank in the ass-end of nowhere where they get all that winter harvest cash.
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The hikers found themselves lost at the arse end of nowhere, surrounded by dense forest and no signs of civilization.
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She always said she never wanted to live at the arse end of nowhere, far from shops and friends.
Synonyms
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4.6
A place far from towns and people
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9.1
A place far from towns where few people live
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9.8
A place far from towns and people
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9.9
A very remote place far from towns and cities
1
9.9
A very far away empty place with nothing there
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9.3
A very remote area far from towns and cities
Areas far from towns or cities where few people live and life is often hard
Antonyms
How Remote
Surface Forms
Morphology
the + arse + end + of + nowhere
The meaning is largely inferable from the parts: 'arse' as a vulgar word for the rear or back, 'end' as the extreme point, and 'nowhere' as a remote place, so a learner who knows those words can deduce a very remote, undesirable location. However, the phrase relies on a colloquial/vulgar metaphorical intensifier ('arse end') and this constructional use may not be fully predictable or cross-linguistically aligned, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The arse end of nowhere paints a rude picture: arse end is the very back or rear part of something and adding nowhere makes it the farthest, most out-of-the-way place you can imagine. So, it means 'an extremely remote or inconvenient place'.