from post to pillar

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Meanings:

1.
Historical Englandidiomaticobsoleteliteral
- Literally, moved or tossed from one post or pillar to another.
2.
BritishAmericanhistoricalidiomaticarchaicfigurative
- Figuratively, to be sent repeatedly from one place, person, or authority to another; to be bounced about or passed along without resolution.

Examples:

EN: Look here, Nicoleff, for not much longer will I be bounced around... from post to pillar!
ES: ¡Mira, Nicoleff, ya no me harás ir... de un lado a otro!
EN: Look here, Nicoleff, for not much longer will I be bounced around... from post to pillar!
ES: ¡Mira, Nicoleff, ya no me harás ir... de un lado a otro!

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