In the sticks means out in the remote countryside, far from the city. Live out in the sticks.
It is faintly disparaging and is usually said by somebody who moved to a town. People who live in the sticks say it about themselves with a certain pride.
1phrasein the sticksOut in the remote countryside, far from the city.
“They moved out in the sticks and never regretted a day of it.”
in the sticks is a phrase.
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