from pillar to post

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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.

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: d'Herodes a Pilat — from one place to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 东奔西跑 (dōngbēnxīpǎo) — from one place to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 四处奔走 — from one place to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 到处漂泊 — from one place to another
• Dutch: van het kastje naar de muur — from one place to another
• Dutch: van hot naar her — from one place to another
• Esperanto: tien reen — from one place to another
• Finnish: sinne tänne — from one place to another
• German: von Pontius zu Pilatus — from one place to another
• Irish: ó thor go tom — from one place to another
• Polish: od Annasza do Kajfasza — from one place to another
• Romanian: de colo colo — from one place to another
• Russian: туда-сюда (tuda-sjuda) — from one place to another
• Spanish: ir de Herodes a Pilatos — from one place to another
• Spanish: de ceca en meca — from one place to another
• Welsh: o bared i bost — from one place to another
• Welsh: o goed i gastell — from one place to another
• Welsh: o bant i dalar — from one place to another
• Welsh: o bant i bentan — from one place to another
• Welsh: o walbant i walbant — from one place to another