(You) can't get there from here.

(You) can't get there from here.
(You) can't get there from here.
a catchphrase said jokingly when someone asks directions to get to a place that can be reached only by a circuitous route. •

Bill: How far is it to Adamsville? Tom: Adamsville? Oh, that's too bad. You can't get there from here.

“Galesburg? Galesburg, you say?” said the farmer. “By golly, you can't get there from here!”


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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