noun · common

back of beyond

back of beyond · back of beyonds

A very remote placeA very remote place.

» He lives in the back of beyond.

Er lebt am Arsch der Welt.

Meaning

1 senses

(Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK, informal, usually)A very remote place.
у чёрта на рогахu čórta na rogax, у чёрта на куличкахu čórta na kuličkax
a very remote and inaccessible place

Examples

6 sentences

He lives in the back of beyond.
deEr lebt am Arsch der Welt. — enteka
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She lives in the back of beyond.
deSie lebt am Arsch der Welt. — MUIRIEL
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He lives at the back of beyond.
deEr wohnt am Ende der Welt. — Esperantostern
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We live in the back of beyond.
deWir wohnen am Ende der Welt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom and Mary live at the back of beyond.
deTom und Maria wohnen am Ende der Welt. — Esperantostern
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Origin

First attested in the Scottish novelist Walter Scott’s The Antiquary (1816; see quotation)

First attested in the Scottish novelist Walter Scott’s The Antiquary (1816; see quotation). It is quite possible that Scott anglicised a rural expression rather than coined it himself—something he did numerous times with other phrases.

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