2006-09-07 06:46:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Home Schooling
It means someplace far away, it gives the impression that it is almost unreachable and certainly only the most brave and adventerous would go there. In the days when the saying started, it was a very far away place that only explorers you could read about would go.
2006-09-11 05:50:30 · answer #1 · answered by toomeymimi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankly, I've never heard this phrase. I do have an educated guess, however.
Timbuktu is a city in the West African nation of Mali, on the southern edge of the Sahara. The French captured the city in 1893.
To a European, saying something was "as far away as Timbuktu" would mean it was very far away, indeed.
2006-09-07 06:55:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mary Beth 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
From Here To Timbuktu
2016-11-14 08:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Timbuktu was regarded was being on the edge of beyond or, as the saying was, 'on the backside of beyond.' It was farther away than most people in the civilized world could imagine. And, in the days before air travel, it actually was farther than most people could ever hope to go.
2006-09-07 07:56:27 · answer #4 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The popular statement, " From here to Timbuktu." conjures up images of remote, isolated and distant parts of this earth.
2006-09-07 06:55:43 · answer #5 · answered by g3010 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2015-08-04 21:19:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means, "a long, long way away".
Unless, of course, you are already in Equatorial Africa.
2006-09-08 14:59:28 · answer #7 · answered by sdc_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try phrases or trivia. this is homeschooling
2006-09-07 07:30:53 · answer #8 · answered by Terri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure what to say
2016-08-08 14:28:24 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋