onde Judas perdeu as botas

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “where Judas [the biblical character] lost his boots [i.e. died]”. Compare Sicilian unni persi i scarpi u Signuri (literally “where the Lord lost His shoes”).

Adverb

onde Judas perdeu as botas (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) in the sticks, in the middle of nowhere (in a very distant place)
    Synonym: (vulgar) no cu de Judas

Usage notes

  • To give the idiom a more intense meaning (i.e. to mean an even farther place), botas (“boots”) is sometimes sarcastically replaced by words like meias (“socks”) or cuecas (“underpants”).
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