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    Smile looking for proper word

    I am looking for informal english expression meaning "very faraway place", "place far from city center, far from downtown" . In Poland we say "Where devil goes to sleep" , "a hole "or hm.... something I could translate as "way behind your bum" - you know what I mean :) Pease, help !

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    Default Re: looking for proper word

    Quote Originally Posted by magdalena
    I am looking for informal english expression meaning "very faraway place", "place far from city center, far from downtown" . In Poland we say "Where devil goes to sleep" , "a hole "or hm.... something I could translate as "way behind your bum" - you know what I mean :) Pease, help !

    out in the boonies
    out in the sticks

    in the middle of nowhere


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    Thank you!

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