The French expression “au diable” translates literally to “to or with the devil”.
English meanings:
- miles from anywhere
- in the middle of nowhere
French meanings:
- au milieu de nulle part – in the middle of nowhere
- au fin fond de nulle part – at the end of nowhere
Example sentence:
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- Je vais devoir habiter dans une maison située au diable car il n’y a pas d’appartements diponibles au centre-ville. I’m going to have to live in a house in the middle of nowhere because there are no available apartments downtown.
Related:
- un bled (noun) – place in the middle of nowhere, slang
- un coin perdu (noun) – place in the middle of nowhere, a backwater
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