单词 | back of beyond |
释义 | back of beyondSEE SYNONYMS FOR back of beyond ON THESAURUS.COM Extremely remote. For example, John's about to move to some tiny island, truly back of beyond. This term, used as a humorous exaggeration, relies on the meaning of beyond (or the beyond) as “a distant place, beyond human experience.” [Early 1800s] Words nearby back of beyondback nine, back number, back o' beyond, back o' Bourke, back of, back of beyond, back of Bourke, back off, back office, back of one's hand, back of one's mind The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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