Meaning of back of beyond | Babel Free

Definitions

A very remote place.

Australia, British, Canada, Ireland, informal, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“[Y]ou, wi’ some o’ your auld warld stories, that the mind o’ man canna resist, whirl’d them to the back o’ beyont to look at the auld Roman camp—[…]”

“It was a regular outside bush township, and though the distance oughtn't to have much to say to people's honesty, you'll mostly find that these far-out back-of-beyond places have got men and women to match 'em.”

“"I thought I should like to go near the sea — to some quite tiny country place at the back of beyond."”

“To the "Sou' West" we owe such jolly little back-o'-beyond stations as Whithorn and Portpatrick.”

“We began to take Santa Claus to the kids at the isolated sidings for the same reason men all over Australia on the lines back o' beyond did [...] we didn't want them to miss that magic.”

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