In the Sticks

[Gone2far]

I was getting all annoyed that a poster used this. But then found out that i was wrong, it isn't 'in the Styx' after all.
I shall have to climb off my high horse.

I am sure you should have capitalised your (i).

Oh dear (hangs head in shame)

What image was in your mind when you thought someone was saying "I live out in the Styx"?

...as in, beyond the River Styx. The one that the Greeks thought separated the living and the dead. So not too out IMO.

Thanks, for clarifying - I wasn't sure if you were referring to the mythical river or the nightclub in Glenrothes ( not joking about the latter -> www.novaloca.com/commercial-property-leisure/for-sale/glenrothes/glenrothes-snooker-centre-styx-nightclub-caskieb/103826 )

So, you thought people living out in the countryside were basically comparing their surroundings to Hades!

having moved into the city from 20 years of rural life - yes