from pillar to post

Significat (Anglès)

From one place (or person, or task) to another; from post to pillar, hither and thither.

Conceptes

aquí i allà

d’un costat a l’altre

Sinònims

hither and thither

to and fro

shuttlewise

Traduccions

von Pontius zu Pilatus

hin und her

vor und zurück

aller-retour

de long en large

va-et-vient

commeo

heen en weer

van het kastje naar de muur

van hot naar her

para lá e para cá

ir de Herodes a Pilatos

auf und ab

ileri geri

Etimologia (Anglès)

Possibly originally from post to pillar, perhaps a reference to the rapid movement of the ball in real tennis; The Wordsworth Dictionary of Proverbs (1993) notes that from post to pillar dates to at least the 15th century.