from pillar to post

短语

四处奔走, 到处碰壁

发音

AU

别名

from post to pillar

释义与例句

adv.
  1. 1.

    From one place, place, or thing to another, hither and thither.

    东奔西跑

    四处奔走

    到处漂泊

    过时 习语

    We campaigned like hell. On election day we went from pillar to post begging people to support us.

    pushed from pillar to post... kicked from pillar to post... driven from pillar to post...

词汇关系

副词

同义词 1

hither and thither

词源

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.

来源：wiktionary