off the beaten track
remote, out of the way
TRANSLATION
off the beaten track = abseits, abgelegen --- GOOGLE INDEX off the beaten track: approximately 1,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
If you don't want to stray OFF THE BEATEN TRACK or if you prefer a fairly gentle stroll, a walk along the old railway line from Princetown is an ideal route.
(BBC News)
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OFF THE BEATEN TRACK in the Catskill Mountain Region
(New York Times - news headline)
(BBC News)
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OFF THE BEATEN TRACK in the Catskill Mountain Region
(New York Times - news headline)
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off the beaten track (U.S., also off the beaten path)
idiom
- in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns
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A beaten track is one that is worn from continuous use and is thus heavily travelled. Thus "off" the beaten track is somewhere that is less travelled. One can also be "on the wrong track" (to be doing something in a way that will cause you to fail) or better yet "on the right track" (to be doing something in a way that will bring good results).
If a person is "on the fast track," he or she is acting upon something sooner or more quickly than usual. Someone who is "on the wrong side of the tracks" lives in a poor part of a town or city.
If someone "has a one-track mind," they think entirely or almost entirely about a single subject.
If they "have the inside track," or "are on the fast track," they have a special position within an organisation or a special relationship with a person that gives them an advantage. Like in a race, such "fast trackers" are heading to the winning line faster than their competitors.
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SYNONYMS
in the middle of nowhere, out-of-the-way, remote, faraway, godforsaken
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I like to get off the beaten track when I go on holiday."
idiom
- in a place where few people go, far from any main roads and towns
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A beaten track is one that is worn from continuous use and is thus heavily travelled. Thus "off" the beaten track is somewhere that is less travelled. One can also be "on the wrong track" (to be doing something in a way that will cause you to fail) or better yet "on the right track" (to be doing something in a way that will bring good results).
If a person is "on the fast track," he or she is acting upon something sooner or more quickly than usual. Someone who is "on the wrong side of the tracks" lives in a poor part of a town or city.
If someone "has a one-track mind," they think entirely or almost entirely about a single subject.
If they "have the inside track," or "are on the fast track," they have a special position within an organisation or a special relationship with a person that gives them an advantage. Like in a race, such "fast trackers" are heading to the winning line faster than their competitors.
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SYNONYMS
in the middle of nowhere, out-of-the-way, remote, faraway, godforsaken
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"I like to get off the beaten track when I go on holiday."
