the booay
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up the booay — (informal) Utterly lost or mistaken • • • Main Entry: ↑booay … Useful english dictionary
up the booay — informal completely wrong or astray. → booay … English new terms dictionary
booay — [ bu:ʌɪ] (also booai) noun (the booay) NZ remote rural districts. Phrases up the booay informal completely wrong or astray. Origin perh. from the place name Puhoi in North Auckland, New Zealand … English new terms dictionary
booay — /ˈbueɪ / (say boohay) Colloquial –noun 1. a remote country district. –phrase 2. up the booay, a. in the backblocks. b. in difficulties; in a predicament. c. completely wrong. Also, boo ai, boohai. {from Puhoi …
the sticks — (informal) THE COUNTRY, the countryside, rural areas, the provinces; the backwoods, the back of beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater; N. Amer. the backcountry, the backland; Austral./NZ … Useful english dictionary
wilds — n outback, remote areas, wasteland, wilderness, desert COLLOQ. the back of beyond, the sticks, the middle of nowhere; N Am the boondocks, the boonies * * * ▶ plural noun REMOTE AREAS, wilderness; backwoods; N. Amer. backcountry, backland; Austral … Useful english dictionary
