another country
/əˌnʌðə ˈkʌntri/noun
1Chiefly literary and poetic. The realm of the dead, or of the souls of the dead, especially regarded as a haven after life on earth; the state of death.
2A situation, condition, or state of affairs very different in nature or character from one's usual experience; something which is unfamiliar, unknown, or not understood.
- The phrase the past is another country is perhaps influenced by the use of a similar phrase in L. P. Hartley's novel The Go-between, and the 1970 film of the same name..
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Dicke of Devonshire. From another pron. + country.