prep_phrase
Meaning 1
between you and me
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
between you, me, and the bedpost
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History
Etymology
Humorous emphatic form of between you and me, by anthropomorphizing an (ostensibly mute) bedpost. Compare dumb as a post.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Scottish Gaelic: eadar dà sgeul is dà chluas a' chlobha — humorously emphatic expression of "in confidence"
- Scottish Gaelic: eadar dhà sgeulachd agus beul a' chlobha — humorously emphatic expression of "in confidence"
- Scottish Gaelic: is ann ris na cnuic a tha mi ga ràdh — humorously emphatic expression of "in confidence"