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What does “Estar en el quinto pino” mean?

SpanishEveryday lifeInformal

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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