In the sticks
“In the sticks” means in the countryside, in a remote place, or a long way from anywhere else.
Examples:
- I used to live in the city but now I enjoy being in the sticks.
- They live out in the sticks; it will take us all day to get there.
Other idioms with a similar meaning are “in the middle of nowhere”, and “the back of beyond”.
Examples:
- The village is in the middle of nowhere.
- There can’t be much to do, living in the middle of nowhere.
- I would like to visit them, but they live at the back of beyond.
- When they retired, they moved to the back of beyond.
