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from pillar to post

To another; hither and thither, to and fro.

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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 notes that from post to pillar dates to at least the 15th century.
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