be over the hills and far away

To be at some distant, remote point or location. Rather than focusing on the here and now, John's ideas for the future are always over the hills and far away. The men are all over the hills and far away finding work, meaning us women must raise the children and mind the homes on our own.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Brita	BRIT-ah (Swedish), BREE-tah (Finnish)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish
ŠTĚPÁN	-	Czech
Reinaldo	-	Portuguese, Spanish
Shahrzad	-	Persian
Catarina	kah-tah-REE-nah (Italian), ka-ta-REE-na (Galician)	Italian, Portuguese, Occitan, Galician
KÁJa	-	Czech