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Definition

between you and me

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Origins

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

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In Context

  • "Between you and me and the bed-post – young master’s quarrelled with old master."
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