English Explanatory Dictionary

between you, me, and the bedpost

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. between you and me

Pronunciation

en-au-between you, me, and the bedpost.ogg

Word forms

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

Etymology

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

Related words

dumb as a post
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