the boonies
the boonies — idiom
1. a very rural place far from towns and cities, usually suggesting the location is
a very rural place far from towns and cities, usually suggesting the location is inconvenient or dull
Min-Jun bought a cheap old farmhouse way out in the boonies.
collocation: way out in the boonies
The bus only goes as far as the main town, never the boonies.
Kavya joked that her new school was in the absolute boonies.
Diego's grandmother lives in the boonies with no mobile signal at all.
Driving out to the boonies takes Amara nearly two hours from the city centre.
- boondocks
the full form from which 'boonies' is clipped; same meaning and register
- middle of nowhere
more common across all English varieties; can describe any isolated place, not only countryside
- sticks
also informal American; carries a slightly more negative hint of being backwards or uncultured
- the city
the opposite environment — densely populated and developed
文法句型
in the boonies
out in the boonies
用法筆記
Almost always appears with a preposition — most often 'in the boonies' or 'out in the boonies'. The phrase carries a light, joking tone and is typical of casual American speech.