from pillar to post

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

heen en weer

van het kastje naar de muur

van hot naar her

Synoniemen

hither and thither

to and fro

shuttlewise

Vertalingen

von Pontius zu Pilatus

d’un costat a l’altre

auf und ab

hin und her

vor und zurück

aller-retour

de long en large

va-et-vient

commeo

para lá e para cá

ir de Herodes a Pilatos

aquí i allà

ileri geri

Etymologie (Engels)

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.