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  <p>Does anyone know if this colloquial phrase "鸟不下蛋的地点" is always taken as "middle of nowhere"? </p>
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<p>I think the answer is 'yes'. It's a figure of speech. It could be taken as a euphemism for "鸟不拉屎的地点", which is frequently used in informal speech. </p>

<p>Literally, 鸟不下蛋的地点 is the place where birds won't lay their eggs; 鸟不拉屎的地点 where birds won't defecate.</p>

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dan
<p>Does anyone know if this colloquial phrase "鸟不下蛋的地点" is always taken as "middle of nowhere"? </p>

<p>Also I have started a fun sort of instagram account to try to learn how to write Chinese that I would speak - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vXdnYFzTJ/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vXdnYFzTJ/</a> </p>

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A place birds don't want to live too, generally, no roads, no radio signals, no humans, and even no animals. 荒芜人烟，人迹罕至。
Daniel Yang
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和这个白人女子, 在鸟不下蛋的地点. Hanging out in the middle of nowhere with this white girl
# 和这个白人女子, 在鸟不下蛋的地点. Hanging out in the middle of nowhere with this white girl

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-15)

Does anyone know if this colloquial phrase "鸟不下蛋的地点" is always taken as "middle of nowhere"?

Also I have started a fun sort of instagram account to try to learn how to write Chinese that I would speak - <https://www.instagram.com/p/B2vXdnYFzTJ/>

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> **username_1**: A place birds don't want to live too, generally, no roads, no radio signals, no humans, and even no animals. 荒芜人烟，人迹罕至。  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2019-11-15. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

> Does anyone know if this colloquial phrase "鸟不下蛋的地点" is always taken as "middle of nowhere"?

I think the answer is 'yes'. It's a figure of speech. It could be taken as a euphemism for "鸟不拉屎的地点", which is frequently used in informal speech.

Literally, 鸟不下蛋的地点 is the place where birds won't lay their eggs; 鸟不拉屎的地点 where birds won't defecate.


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