A far away place

Question

Is there an English idiomatic expression to indicate a place which is very far away from the speaker's location?

Something like

in the middle of nowhere

but not necessarily implying that the place is isolated, just that it is far.

EDIT: an example sentence could be

I saw a nice house for rent but it's not good for me: it's really [too far away]

Answer 1

Edit:

As the question changed, I will now propose a more updated answer:

In the backwoods

Backwoods meaning:

an area that is far away from any towns

Otherwise, "in the middle of nowhere" will do just as fine.

Edit: Due to the OP's desire, I would like to add an additional option, which although not idiomatic English, could be used to describe a far away place as well:

A mile and a day/Peter's place is a mile and a day away!

Answer 2

There aren't many idiomatic phrases that convey distance without also conveying, or at least hinting at, isolation. The only one I can think of that meets your requirements is "off target" or, if it's very distant, "way off target".

Less idiomatic, but frequently used (in the UK at least) is the expression "it's miles away". Often this is used to mean "it's too far" regardless of the actual distance.

Others that spring to mind that haven't been mentioned in other answers have slightly different meanings:

• in the sticks (= in the countryside)
• off the beaten track ( = away from main transport links / hard to travel to or find)

Answer 3

If you want to imply a populated area instead of a more rural setting, you could use clear across town. I would drop the word "really" to make your example:

I saw a nice house for rent but it's not good for me: it's clear across town.

Answer 4

Another one I might use almost as much as in the middle of nowhere is

The back of beyond.

Answer 5

Most of the idiomatic phrases that spring to mind also have connotations of isolation (in particular both in the backwoods and the back of beyond do, despite being lovely phrases). The phrases which don't imply isolation tend to be rather more prosaic:

some way off, a way away, a fair distance

Answer 6

I'm from the midwest USA and I often use Timbuktu as a synonym for the middle of nowhere.

Answer 7

In the US Northeast, we'd say "it's out in the boondocks" to mean it is far from town.

Answer 8

The generic term I would use is "remote." That has the implication of "too far for me."

Answer 9

In the context of the original example: "I saw a nice house for rent but it's not good for me: it's quite a drive..."

I hear this when people are discussing daily commutes. It is probably British, and perhaps local to South-East England.

Answer 10

Here are a few proposals:

• on the edge of the world
• on the other side of the world
• on the far side of the world.
• at the end of the earth
• thousands of miles away.
• at the other end of the planet.
• at the ends of the earth.

Answer 11

"Off the beaten path" often turns up in travel websites

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