between you, me, and the bedpost

介词短语

英文释义

介词短语
  1. between you and me idiomatic
    — Between you and me and the bed-post – young master’s quarrelled with old master.

词形变化

between you and me and the bedpost alternative between you, me and the bedpost alternative between you, me, and the fencepost alternative between you, me, and the gatepost alternative between you, me, and the lamppost alternative between you, me, and the post alternative

词源

Humorous emphatic form of between you and me, by anthropomorphizing an (ostensibly mute) bedpost. Compare dumb as a post.
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