the sticks

Significado (Inglés)

1. (Canada, US, derogatory, informal, uncountable) A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
2. (uncountable) The set of yardage markers used by a chain crew to indicate the ten yards between the line of scrimmage from the previous first down and the line to gain, which the offense must reach in their series of four downs in order to retain possession of the ball.

Sinónimos

boondocks

boonies

bush

Traducciones

Pampa

Walachei

cambrousse

Einöde

Kartoffelsteppe

Hundetürkei

Arsch der Welt

Etimología (Inglés)

Possibly derived from 1800s Chinook Jargon stick (“tree, forest”), from English stick.