in some neck of the woods



in some neck of the woods

Rur. in some vicinity or neighborhood; in some remote place. (The some is usually this, that, your, their, etc. Can be used to refer to some specific section of a forest.) I think that the Smiths live in your neck of the woods. What's happening over in that neck of the woods?
See also: neck, of, wood

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
S&Aelig;Wine-Anglo-Saxon
GwendolenGWEN-də-lin (English)Welsh
Hieronymos-Ancient Greek
Bashkim-Albanian
Samiya-Arabic
Leannlee-ANEnglish