wide spot in the road
Barely a village
A wide spot in the road is a very small town—barely more than a place where the highway briefly widens.
The phrase emphasizes how insignificant or easily missed the settlement is: We stopped for gas in some wide spot in the road outside Tulsa.
It suggests a place with perhaps a gas station, a diner, and little else.
- unincorporatedNot legally chartered
- small townModest rural settlement
- roadVehicle travel surface
- one-horse townSmall, unimportant settlement
- hamletTiny rural settlement
flyspeck · locale · spot · middle of nowhere · highway · interstate · crossroads · hole-in-the-wall · burg · rural community · rurality · ghost town · backwater · junction · freeway · podunk · expressway · blink-and-you-miss-it
wide spot in the roadmetropolis
Large important city
major city · big city · megalopolis · capital city · urban center
wide spot in the roadmetropolitan area
City plus linked suburbs
urban sprawl · downtown · city center · built-up area · urban hub
wide spot in the roadNew York City
America's largest city
London · Tokyo · Paris · Los Angeles · Chicago
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