from pillar to post

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

aller-retour

de long en large

va-et-vient

Synonymes

hither and thither

to and fro

shuttlewise

Traductions

von Pontius zu Pilatus

d’un costat a l’altre

auf und ab

hin und her

vor und zurück

commeo

heen en weer

van het kastje naar de muur

van hot naar her

para lá e para cá

ir de Herodes a Pilatos

aquí i allà

ileri geri

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.