a town (esp. in prairie land) that has about as much going for it as an actual hole in the ground;
a boring, isolated, or otherwise unpleasant place or town;
an
unremarkable, rural community.
cf. "shit hole," "
backwater," "middle of
bumfuck nowhere"
"Why would you live in
Watrous,
Saskatchewan? Place is a hole in the ground."
"
I'm not trying to pick on Watrous, Saskatchewan, but it's a real hole in the ground."