funny ways to say “in the middle of nowhere”
Collected funny ones under this post + contributions to this one (my selection). Most involve ass(holes), have god/the devil, (nonsense) names of villages…
🇩🇪German: in the ass of the world/ the pasture- am Arsch der Welt/der Weide; where Fox and Hare bid each other good night - Wo sich Fuchs und Hase Gute Nacht sagen (old-fashioned), where the dead dog lays - Da liegt der tote Hund, in Buxtehude/ (Kuh)kaff, in der Pampa, in Timbuktu
🇮🇹Italian: in assland - in culonia/culandia, in the wolves’ ass - in culo ai lupi, in the ass of the word - in culo al mondo; 🇫🇷 French in the asshole of the world - dans le trou du cul du monde
🇨🇿Czech: Where foxes bid good night to one another - Kde si lišky dávají dobrou noc
🇩🇰Danish: where the crows turn around - Hvor kragerne vender on Lars diarrheas field/on the field of Lars Shitpants - På lars tyndskids mark
🇳🇴Norwegian: far damn from violence - langt pokker i vold, “huttiheita” (gibberish) [ @fireislandvolcano takk for correcting!]
🇸🇪Swedish: out (there) in the spinach - ute i spenaten,“tjotaheiti” (see above, maybe originally from Tahiti)
🇪🇸in Spain: in the fifth hell/pine tree - En el quinto infierno/pino, where Christ lost the sandal/hat/lighter - Donde Cristo perdió la alpargata/gorra/mechero;
🇲🇽 Mexico: Where the devil farts - Donde el diablo se echa un pedo, and sometimes someone answers: “Y nadie lo escucha” And no one hears
🇹🇼in Taiwan: where birds don't lay eggs and dogs don't shit - 鳥不生蛋狗不拉屎的地方
🇵🇱Polish - where crows turn around - Gdzie wrony zawracają, where dogs bark from their ass - gdzie psy dupami szczekają 🐶; Where the devil says goodnight - Gdzie diabeł mówi dobranoc, where (black) pepper grows - gdzie pieprz rośnie, (mostly in the context of running as far away as possible or chasing someone away)
🇦🇺Australia: woop woop or "in the middle of woop woop' 🇳🇿 NZ: wop wops
🇻🇳Vietnamese: holy forests, poisonous waters - rừng thiêng nước độc / where mountain passes are windy/cloudy and winds swirl in vortexes - đèo heo hút gió or đèo mây hút gió (rarely used)
🇨🇦🇫🇷 Québéc: Saint clin clin des meuhs meuhs (actual village name…)
🇸🇦 Arabic (Saudi dialect): in the castle of wadren في مقلاع وادرين (an old castle in the middle of desert)
🇮🇱 in Israel: Israel: at the end of the world, take a turn left - סוף העולם שמאלה
🇫🇮Finnish: behind God’s back - jumalan selän takana, in the devil’s ass - helvetin perseessä; incredible Nevada - huitsin Nevada
🇬🇷 Greek: at the devil’s horn - Στου διαόλου το κέρατο;
🇧🇬 Bulgarian: on the ass of geography - На гъза на географията
🇮🇸 Icelandic Out in an asshole - úti í rassgati;
🇧🇷 in Brazil: in cock’s house - na casa do caralho;
🇦🇷 in Argentina: in the pussy of the parrot- en la concha de la lora 🦜;
🇪🇪 Estonian: in the bear's ass - karuperses 🐻, back end of hell pärapõrgu, kapa-kohila (random place, Kohila does exist)
🇺🇸 USA: bumfuck Egypt
🇧🇪 in Belgium (Dutch): in a farmer’s asscrack - in een boerengat
🇺🇦 Ukrainian: in the devil's swamps в чорта на кулічках, where the crow won't carry bones куди ворон кісток не заносить
