Tanım
•from pillar to post, an irritatingly long and indirect way, especially in order to get or find something
Diğer Dillerde
here and there; back and forth
back and forth (from one place to another and back again) · around, about (from one place to another, to many different places)
eş: взад и вперёд, туды-сюды
from pillar to post
köken: Literally, “from the cupboard to the wall”.
from pillar to post
köken: Literally, “from Annas to Caiaphas”, from the Bible, John. 18:12-24.
hither and thither, here and there
back and forth, around, about
köken: de + reduplication of colo.
aile: umbla de colo colo
Etimoloji
Literally, “from Pontius to Pilate”. Likely alteration of an older von Herodes zu Pilatus (“from Herod to Pilate”); compare Spanish de Herodes a Pilatos. The form may have originated as a malapropism (Pontius and Pilate being one and the same person), but it surely caught on because it emphasizes the annoyance of the to-and-fro movement even more.