English Dictionary

Watford Gap

name

A pass between hills in the English Midlands, near the village of Watford, Northants, crossed by the M1 motorway and West Coast Main Line.

Watford Gap is a famous pass between hills in the English Midlands.

意味（1）

A pass between hills in the English Midlands, near the village of Watford, Northants, crossed by the M1 motorway and West Coast Main Line.

意味（2）

(figuratively, chiefly Southern England) The notional border between the North and South of England; the North–South divide.

New Yorkers, who don't really go anywhere ever, are the worst offenders. They think anything north of New York is Bridgeport. Bridgeport, Connecticut is the Watford Gap of America.