Spanish idioms
What does “Estar en el quinto pino” mean?
Estar en el quinto pino
Word for word
To be at the fifth pine tree
What it really means
To be miles away, out in the sticks. It is the most common way of complaining about distance in Spain.
How we say it in English
To be in the middle of nowhere
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