на краю света

• НА КРАЮ СВЕТА (ЗЕМЛИ) coll

[PrepP; these forms only; adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: human, collect, or concr); fixed WO]

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⇒ very far away:

- at the end of the earth (the world);

- at the (very) ends of the earth;

- at the back of beyond;

- [in limited contexts] somewhere far, far away.

     ♦ "Я не сделаю ни шага, пока вы не дадите мне возможность повидать сына. Он в школе. Остаётся на краю земли, один, без куска хлеба. Я должна поговорить с ним перед расставаньем..." (Гинзбург 2). "I won't take a step until you let me see my son. He's at school. He will be left behind out here at the end of the earth, all alone, with no means of support. I must talk to him before we are parted..." (2a).

     ♦ [Ветхая церковь], может, потому и... держится, что - на краю света и мало к себе гостей привлекает... (Терц 6). ... Perhaps the reason it [the ancient church] was still standing was that it was indeed at the end of the world, where few visitors came... (6a).