| 单词 | miles from anywhere |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmiles from anywhere d. miles from anywhere: in a very isolated, remote, or inaccessible place. ΚΠ 1848 National Era (Washington) (Electronic ed.) 27 July You can hardly imagine what sort of a place I have got myself into here; just 45 miles from anywhere, shut up on three sides by tall mountains.] 1882 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 613 It might be miles from anywhere, so dense is the gloom, so great is the quiet that surrounds the place. 1929 Daily Mail 9 Sept. 7 The old boat ‘conked out’ miles from anywhere. 1935 N. Mitchison We have been Warned v. 527 It ought..to be made into a sanatorium... A damned inconvenient one..miles from anywhere. 1996 Wanderlust Oct. 66/2 If you stop to make a cup of chai a thousand miles from anywhere, the chances are that a ten-year-old lad will turn up with a flock of musical goats, or a girl out picking berries, or most likely, the local bhang dealer. < as lemmas |
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