He spends all his time working on the north forty.
north forty
idiomFarms, ranches, or agricultural land collectively.
After the harvest, the family gathered to clear the brush from the north forty.
The aging farmer looked out across the north forty, reflecting on decades of labor spent cultivating the vast, sun-drenched fields.
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back forty
The most remote or inaccessible part of any place.
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forty minutes of hell
The NCAA strategy of playing a suffocating full-court press and aggressive offense for the entirety of a game.
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forty winks
A short sleep, an extra sleep, a nap.
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gone north about
Dead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.
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plough the back forty
To engage in sexual intercourse.