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/Sounds like "ehs" (as in "egg") + "TAHR" (as in "tar") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "KEEN" (as in "keep") + "toh" (as in "toll") + "PEE" (as in "pea") + "noh" (as in "note")/

Meaning

To be in the middle of nowhere, extremely far away. If something is "en el quinto pino," you will need a long journey just to get there. Used in Mexico and Central America for any place that feels unreasonably remote.

Examples

Your house is in the middle of nowhere, it took me two hours.

The meeting is way out in the boonies, I'd rather just stay home.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Colombia
Quimbamba

A crude Mexican expression meaning something failed, got ruined, or went completely wrong with no way to fix it. The bluntest, most final way to say it is totally done for.