in the middle of nowhere

/ɪnðə mˈɪdəl ɒv nˈəʊweə/

/ɪnðə mˈɪdəl ʌv nˈoʊwɛɹ/

[phrase]

[PHRASE]

in a place that is far away from cities, towns, or anywhere that is occupied by people

Examples

1. The huge economic advantages of clustering still guide the process, which is why second cities emerge near big cities or in the corridors between them, not in the middle of nowhere.

2. To put it simply it is about a deaf woman who lives alone in the middle of nowhere.

3. They thought they really understood what it would be like to be deaf in the middle of nowhere, and what would happen if some murderer, who we don't even understand why he was there in the first place, or why he wanted to kill her in the first place.

4. Whereas, when I was really living in the middle of nowhere, which is so much gas, and I thought, "Meh, I don't feel the need to just keep on wearing makeup and going somewhere only for, like, an hour then driving all the way back."