the wide blue yonder

into the wide blue yonder

To a location far away that is appealingly unknown and mysterious. I often dream about selling all my possessions, buying a plane ticket to Europe, and setting off into the wide blue yonder.See also: blue, wide, yonder

the wide (or wild) blue yonder

the sky or sea; the far or unknown distance. The phrase comes from ‘Army Air Corps’ ( 1939 ), a song by Robert Crawford : ‘Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Climbing high into the sun’.See also: blue, wide, yonder