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I don't mind payin' for the police and for streets and sanitation, or road work, bridges, trains, food subsidies and welfare. But I don't wanna pay for bombs to fight proxy wars in the middle of nowhere against enemies in the night.
Lupe Fiasco

Meaning of "middle of nowhere" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

middle game
Middle Greek
middle ground
Middle High German
Middle Irish
Middle Kingdom
middle lamella
Middle Low German
middle management
middle manager
middle name
Middle Palaeolithic
middle passage
Middle Persian
middle school
Middle States
Middle Temple
middle term
middle voice
middle watch

WORDS THAT END LIKE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

adhere
anywhere
atmosphere
eachwhere
elsewhere
everwhere
everywhere
get anywhere
get nowhere
get somewhere
here
look here
nowhere
otherwhere
out there
so there
somewhere
sphere
there
where

Synonyms and antonyms of middle of nowhere in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «middle of nowhere» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

Find out the translation of middle of nowhere to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of middle of nowhere from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «middle of nowhere» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

无处中间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio de la nada
570 millions of speakers

English

middle of nowhere
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कहीं नहीं के बीच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وسط اللا مكان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

куличках
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meio do nada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মধ্যের কথাও না
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

milieu de nulle part
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tengah mana-mana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mitte von Nirgendwo
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

荒野の真っただ中
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

갑자기 중간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tengah ora
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giữa hư không
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எங்கும் இடையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुठेही मध्यभागी नाही
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hiçliğin ortası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzo del nulla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

middle of nowhere
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

куличках
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mijlocul de nicaieri
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μέση του πουθενά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

middel van nêrens
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mitt i ingenstans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

midten av ingensteds
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of middle of nowhere

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDDLE OF NOWHERE»

The term «middle of nowhere» is quite widely used and occupies the 38.513 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MIDDLE OF NOWHERE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «middle of nowhere» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «middle of nowhere» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about middle of nowhere

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10 QUOTES WITH «MIDDLE OF NOWHERE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word middle of nowhere.
1
Rodney Atkins
I think my songs are singing to the rural heart. It's not whether you're from a big city or the middle of nowhere in a small town.
2
Rick Atkinson
I was with the 101st Airborne Division in Iraq, really in the middle of nowhere, about 80 miles south of Baghdad. And it was almost midnight, and I got a computer message from the home office of the Washington Post asking me to call them. I did call them and was told that I'd won the Pulitzer Prize.
3
Connie Britton
I was born in Boston, but then I went down to Virginia. We spent a little time in Maryland, and then were in Virginia by the time I was seven. What struck me the most was that my mother thought that she had gone to the middle of nowhere, and we would still drive four hours for her to get her hair cut in Washington, D.C.
4
Bill Callahan
To see classic rock, you had to go to an arena. But punk was happening everywhere, even in little towns in the middle of nowhere in Maryland. I'd drive out to places I'd never been, just to go and see it.
5
Sheryl Crow
No matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.
6
Ree Drummond
Now I live in the middle of nowhere on a working cattle ranch.
7
Lupe Fiasco
I don't mind payin' for the police and for streets and sanitation, or road work, bridges, trains, food subsidies and welfare. But I don't wanna pay for bombs to fight proxy wars in the middle of nowhere against enemies in the night.
8
Travis Fimmel
I'm not drawn to actresses, but I have no rules about that. I just want to be around positive people. The toughest thing will be to find a girl who will be prepared to live in the middle of nowhere in the middle of the country. I don't think L.A.'s the place to find one.
9
Ian Frazier
There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.
10
Rupert Friend
I grew up in the countryside in the middle of nowhere in England and got out as soon as I could!

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MIDDLE OF NOWHERE»

Discover the use of middle of nowhere in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to middle of nowhere and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Middle of Nowhere
Set in Vancouver and the B.C. wilderness (the trip to the cabin involves a hilarious white-knuckled road trip through Hope), this is a book that reflects Caroline Adderson’s many writerly strengths — her "wit and a facility for dialogue ...
Caroline Adderson, 2012
2
Upside Down in the Middle of Nowhere
At the end of August 2005, ten-year-old Armani is looking forward to her birthday party in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, where she and her extended family live, but Hurricane Katrina is on the way, bringing destruction and tragedy in ...
Julie T. Lamana, 2014
3
The Middle of Nowhere
With an introduction by Spider Robinson The Morthans were physically and mentally superior.
David Gerrold, 2013
4
The Lonely Planet Guide to the Middle of Nowhere
An entertaining travelogue brings together fifty firsthand accounts about travelers' journeys to some of the most remote or less-traveled spots on the globe, capturing their unique experiences of and adventures in locations around the world ...
‎2006
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Middle of Nowhere
Known for his meticulous, fascinating research, as well as his ability to create exciting plot twists that inevitably, a month or two later, seem to have anticipated real-life headlines, Ridley Pearson has genered praise as a "master" of ...
Ridley Pearson, 2001
6
Growing Up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir
With the depth of a memoir and the flow of a novel, Sheirer chronicles how his simple youth of farm, sports, school, nature, and family led him to an unlikely adulthood as an author and college professor.
John Sheirer, 2005
7
The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere
Features the author's reminiscences of growing up on and escaping from a family farm in North Dakota, headed for a peripatetic career as a rock musician, poet, and English teacher.
Debra Marquart, 2007
8
In The Middle Of Nowhere
In the Middle of Nowhere is a story of beating the odds, of the power of love and the strength of family ties to overcome every obstacle.
Terry Underwood, 2012
9
Waking Up in the Middle of Nowhere
Waking Up in the Middle of Nowhere is a riveting memoir about a marriage tested to the limits due to bipolar disorder.
Allison Johnson, 2010
10
"Neue Mitte" in the middle of nowhere - Structural Change ...
Economy is determined by dynamic processes.
Hannah Cosse, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MIDDLE OF NOWHERE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term middle of nowhere is used in the context of the following news items.
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Harvard startup wants to rent you a tiny house in the middle of
... called Getaway, is looking to help city dwellers realize that goal by giving them the opportunity to rent a tiny house in the middle of nowhere. «Boston Business Journal, Jul 15»
2
A bridge in the desert is washed out, and I-10 closes
... California say the standing portion of the bridge could reopen soon, but it turns out that even when a bridge falls in the middle of nowhere, the ... «WBFO, Jul 15»
3
Denim cut-offs are your friend – and six other essential style tips for …
Then you wind up marooned in the middle of nowhere trying to make a coherent outfit out of two sheer spaghetti strapped maxis, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Pentagon Says That It Lost A Drone Over Iraq
... that were quickly disseminated on Tuesday and that they were taken in “the middle of nowhere” in the desert near the Iraqi city of Samawah. «BuzzFeed News, Jul 15»
5
GP Taylor: Johnson for mayor, but not Boris...
DRIVING home across country from Manchester to avoid the traffic of the M62, I came across a welcome sight. In the middle of nowhere was the ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
6
Mesa band Authority Zero have gear, transportation stolen
So it's been gone and now were day four of our tour in the middle of nowhere, with all of our equipment stolen and our band is low,” DeVore ... «FOX 10 News Phoenix, Jul 15»
7
Non-touristy Amish Country
It's a little slice of paradise in the middle of nowhere. But the journey is just as rewarding as the destination. They are open daily except ... «Jackson County Times-Journal, Jul 15»
8
Indian Jewelry's 'Vast Division'
... space, and move to some farm in the middle of nowhere to start your life fresh outside of the system that is holding you down - it happens ok. «The 405, Jul 15»
9
Acid King announce first US tour in 9 years in support of first new …
The tour's in support of the band's new album, Middle of Nowhere, Center of Everywhere, which came out this past April and is their first new LP ... «Brooklyn Vegan, Jul 15»
10
Top 5 must have apps for your new session in College
Often in new places we find ourselves in the middle of nowhere. Now chill and leave behind your fear of getting lost in the crowd with the ... «indiatvnews.com, Jul 15»

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