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between you, me, and the bedpost

between you, me, and the bedpost prepositional phrase: between you and me.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) between you and me
    • Between you and me and the bed-post – young master’s quarrelled with old master.1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram

between you, me, and the bedpost meaning in Bengali

between you, me, and the bedpost in Bengali

আমাদের মধ্যে

Forms of between you, me, and the bedpost

alternative formbetween you and me and the bedpost
alternative formbetween you, me and the bedpost
alternative formbetween you, me, and the fencepost
alternative formbetween you, me, and the gatepost
alternative formbetween you, me, and the lamppost
alternative formbetween you, me, and the post

Origin of between you, me, and the bedpost

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

Questions about between you, me, and the bedpost

What does between you, me, and the bedpost mean?
Between you, me, and the bedpost means between you and me.
What is between you, me, and the bedpost in Bengali?
Between you, me, and the bedpost in Bengali is আমাদের মধ্যে. See Between you, me, and the bedpost meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is between you, me, and the bedpost?
Between you, me, and the bedpost is a prepositional phrase.

Words near between you, me, and the bedpost in the dictionary

  1. between wind and water
  2. between you and I
  3. between you and me
  4. between you and me and the bedpost
  5. between you and me and these four walls
  6. between you, me, and the bedpost
  7. between you, me, and the fencepost
  8. between you, me, and the gatepost
  9. between you, me, and the lamppost
  10. between-maid
  11. between-maids

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