middle of nowhere | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)A veryremoteorsecludedarea; anondescriptplace lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.1889Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial),The Daily Record(Kansas, USA), p. 2(retrieved 12 April 2013):We set out to demonstrate to the people of the county that a corrupt ring managed the Republican party in this county. . . . We want that corrupt ring knocked into themiddle of Nowhere.1920,Margaret Pedler, chapter 29, inThe Hermit of Far End:"Only we don't happen to be in themiddle of nowhere! We're just about a couple of miles from a market town where abides a nice little inn whence petrol can be obtained."1950May, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Tanganyika Railway”, inRailway Magazine, page297:The train occasionally stops when it crosses a stream in themiddle of nowhereto take on water.1977October 17, “Now, the Poor Man's Jumbo Jet”, inTime:South Florida's Everglades Jetport is a fancy name for a concrete runway in themiddle of nowhere.1997,Bob Dylan, “Tryin' to Get to Heaven”, inTime Out of Mind:I've been walking through themiddle of nowhere/ Trying to get to heaven before they close the door2012May 9, Bettina Wassener, “A Modern Magellan Demonstrates Power of the Sun”, inNew York Times, retrieved12 April 2013:[A]fter weeks of journeying across the monotonous open sea. . . . “You see nothing for 30 days — you’re in themiddle of nowhere, you feel like you are in outer space,” said Mr. Domjan.2021July 23,Ryan Trahan, 0:12 from the start, inOvernight in an Abandoned Ghost Town‎[1]:In the 1800s, tons of Americans migrated all over in search of one thing: money. Towns just started popping up inthe middles of nowhereto mine for gold.2022November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, inRAIL, number970, page56:It feels strange to be crossing the site of the old Ripple Lane locomotive depot and freight yards on a new viaduct, to arrive in what used to bethe middle of nowherebut which is now a growing new development.

Examples:

EN: I can't believe it, you live in the middle of nowhere. Come with me. Have you stopped your medication?
ES: No creo que usted vive tan lejos de la civilización vienen se paró de nuevo el tratamiento?
EN: Take off my clothes here, in the middle of nowhere!
ES: ¡Quitarme la ropa aquí, en un sitio donde no hay nadie!
EN: In the middle of nowhere? They,re practically here!
ES: No digas tonterías, ya llegan.
EN: The black spot is that it is in the middle of nowhere.
ES: Lo peor es el aburrimiento.
EN: Well, but this is very important. I mean, stopping trains in the middle of nowhere...
ES: - Para eso ya no hay tiempo ya. ¡Sí, pero eso es muy importante! Lo puede oír ya y la detención de los trenes en vía abierta...
EN: -The middle of nowhere.
ES: - Ninguna.
EN: - The middle of nowhere.
ES: - Pero, ¿en qué parte?
EN: Here? We're in the middle of nowhere. How do you know, Mr. Wooley?
ES: - Pero si aquí no hay nada - ¿Quién te ha dicho que no hay nada?
EN: Babenberg for example. That is my hometown and it is in the middle of nowhere. a charming little town... with a charming little high school.
ES: Por ejemplo en Babenberg, ...donde vivo, que está en el quinto pino, ...y es una pequeña ciudad encantadora, ...con un instituto encantador, y mejores...
EN: "Building big" in the middle of nowhere.
ES: Construir algo grande... En medio de la nada.
EN: I don't care if it's in the middle of nowhere, but get them off my ship.
ES: Las desembarcamos incluso si es en el medio de la nada.
EN: I ain't winding up in a sack in this middle of nowhere.
ES: No moriré en medio de la nada.
EN: Sure, but not out here in the middle of nowhere.
ES: Claro, pero no aquí fuera en medio de la nada.
EN: On here? Live here in the middle of nowhere?
ES: No, luego estarías subiéndote por las paredes.
EN: Look, this is just a dirty little village in the middle of nowhere.
ES: Este es un pequeño pueblo sucio en medio de la nada.

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