jerkwater town Idiom, Proverb

Cabbagetown

a district in Toronto where European immigrants live Restaurants in Cabbagetown serve European food.

company town

a town dominated by one industry or company When the coal mine closed down the company town faced severe economic times.

Cowtown

"Calgary, Alberta; a town where cows are sold" The Calgary Stampede is the pride of Cowtown. Y'all come!

do the town

celebrate or party all over town On July 1, we'll do the town. We'll really celebrate.

get out of town

you are mistaken, do not expect us to believe you You saw a Martian? Get outa town! I don't believe it.

go downtown

have interecourse, go all the way If I go up to your room, it doesn't mean you can go downtown.

go to town

work fast or hard, do something with much energy They really went to town last night and finished painting the bedroom.

going to town

working or talking hard, protesting, sounding off One man was really going to town, speaking against taxes.

hit town

arrive in town It was 2 a.m. when we hit town.

out on the town

enjoying the city's entertainment On Saturday night, let's go out on the town and have a good time.

jerkwater town

A actual baby and accustomed boondocks that is about admired as addled or boring. The appellation comes from the convenance of "jerking water": bartering beef locomotives with baptize from buckets, already a accepted convenance in abate towns. I can't delay to alum aerial academy and get out of this boring, jerkwater town! They're sending me to some jerkwater boondocks in Wyoming for the assignment.Learn more: jerkwater, town

jerkwater town

A baby association with bashful conveniences. Tracks forth capital curve in the aboriginal canicule of American railroading had abiding building that supplied baptize for beef locomotives. Not so forth beneath important routes, so alternation crews and any added accommodating easily had to anatomy brazier brigades to ample the boiler from streams and ponds. Filling the buckets was accepted as “jerking water,” and any baby accumulating of houses, stores, and association barrio area that was done were “jerkwater towns.” The appellation stuck, abnormally back bodies from beyond towns and cities capital a base way of apropos to baby towns.Learn more: jerkwater, town

Learn more:

More Idioms/Phrases

out of tune (music) out of whack out of wind out of work out of your gourd out of your mind out of your tree out on a limb out on the town out to get you out to lunch out to win outdo yourself outplay outside of over a barrel over and done with