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the sticks
phrase[ plural ] informaldisapproving
an area in the countryside that is far from a town or city: 偏僻乡村，偏远地区
in the sticksI'm sick of living in the sticks.我受够了偏僻乡村的生活。
out in the sticksThey live out in the sticks somewhere.他们住在某个偏远的地方。
We're stuck out in the sticks, so we don't get to many gigs.
I can't buy exotic food like that here in the sticks.
You chose to live in the sticks, so don't complain that you don't get enough visitors.
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sticknoun(COUNTRYSIDE)
sticks | American Dictionary
sticks
plural noun
infmldisapprovingus/stɪks/
The sticks is a humorous way of referring to a place in the country:
My parents live out in the sticks.
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