Middle of Nowhere -- An Idiom? [closed]

Solution 1:

Middle of nowhere :

A number of dictionaries list the expression as idiomatic.

• McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

• Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms

• Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed.

the middle of nowhere:

• (idiomatic) A very remote place; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.

  • 1889 Nov. 2, "The Proof" (editorial), The Daily Record (Kansas, USA), p. 2:

  • We set out to demonstrate to the people of the county that a corrupt ring managed the Republican party in this county. . . . We want that corrupt ring knocked into the middle of Nowhere.

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