between you, me, and the bedpost
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- 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 edit
Humorous emphatic form of between you and me, by anthropomorphizing an (ostensibly mute) bedpost. Compare dumb as a post.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (AU) (file)
Prepositional phrase edit
between you, me, and the bedpost
- (idiomatic) between you and me
- 1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram::
- Between you and me and the bed-post – young master’s quarrelled with old master.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
humorously emphatic expression of "in confidence"
|
References edit
- Gary Martin (1997–) “Between you, me and the bedpost”, in The Phrase Finder, retrieved 26 February 2017.