north forty | Idiomator

Meaning: (agriculture,usually preceded bythe)A 40-acresection of land, located in thenorthernmostpart of afarmorranch.2005,Don Aslett,Done!,→ISBN,page185:I headed out to the barn for a ten-minute milking job, and the cow took off and ran to the far end of thenorth forty.; (idiomatic,by extension)Farms, ranches, or agricultural landcollectively.1984May 6, David Dillon, “An Architectural Tour Of the Lone Star State”, inWashington Post, retrieved22 September 2015:In Dallas and Houston, the dominant architectural forms are glass office towers and air-conditioned shopping malls that owe more to the Bauhaus than to theNorth Forty.1985February 7, “Opinion”, inNew York Times, retrieved22 September 2015:President Reagan behaved like his predecessors: preaching free enterprise in Washington but playing sugar daddy on thenorth forty. Mr. Reagan's response to a collapse in world food prices in the early 1980's was to protect American farmers with a $19 billion subsidy.2010August 11, Steve Poses, “On the Road: Farm Stands of Long Island's North Fork”, inHuffington Post, retrieved22 September 2015:[N]ot all roadside stands sell produce from the "north forty," rather their produce is the result of efforts before and after someone's day job and a fertile back yard.2012January 20, Bloomberg News, “Investors plowing money into farmland”, inInvestmentNews, retrieved22 September 2015:Rush to buy acreage fueling bubble in thenorth forty. (subheading); (idiomatic)Anyremoteplace.1998, D. Keith Mano,Take Five,→ISBN,page369:[P]arts of him, uh, are as far away as thenorth forty. Muscle has been drawn out. . . . His arms—can you imagine?—feel longer.2011September 20, Marie Swift, “Future of the Financial Planning Profession”, inRiaBiz.com, retrieved22 September 2015:While these cool people could have been visiting with peers and gathering insights in the exhibit hall, they chose to hoof it on up to thenorth forty, “over the river and through the woods” so to speak, and spend forty-five minutes with me sharing their thoughts.2015July 23, “Meet Ken Levine”, inVegasNews.com, retrieved22 September 2015:To prepare for a MLB career, he bought beer for some of the regulars sitting next to him in thenorth fortyof Dodger Stadium.

Examples:

EN: Then he needs to check the fence at the north forty.
ES: Y tiene que revisar el enrejado en Ia Norte 40.
ID: Lalu ia harus memeriksa pagar di empat puluh utara.
EN: I got a drillhead that's acting up on me out on the north forty I gotta check.
ES: Tengo una cabeza de perforadora que me está fallando en la 40 Norte y la tengo que revisar. Sí.
ID: Aku punya kepala bor yang bertingkah di atasku keluar di utara empat puluh aku harus periksa.

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