pillar

from pillar to post from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner.

☞ This expression may have developed with reference to the rebounding of a ball in a real-tennis court. It has been in use in this form since the mid 16th century, though its earlier form, from post to pillar, dates back to the early 15th century.

2011Financial Times After almost a year of being bounced from pillar to post and asked to make changes to his product at his own expense, he was told that it failed to tick the right boxes.

a pillar of society a person regarded as a particularly responsible citizen.

☞ The use of pillar to mean 'a person regarded as a mainstay or support for something' is recorded from medieval times; Pillars of Society was the English title of an 1888 play by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.

词组	pillar
释义	pillar from pillar to post from one place to another in an unceremonious or fruitless manner. ☞ This expression may have developed with reference to the rebounding of a ball in a real-tennis court. It has been in use in this form since the mid 16th century, though its earlier form, from post to pillar, dates back to the early 15th century. 2011Financial Times After almost a year of being bounced from pillar to post and asked to make changes to his product at his own expense, he was told that it failed to tick the right boxes. a pillar of society a person regarded as a particularly responsible citizen. ☞ The use of pillar to mean 'a person regarded as a mainstay or support for something' is recorded from medieval times; Pillars of Society was the English title of an 1888 play by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen.
随便看	take something to heart take something under advisement take something with a grain of salt take something with a grain of salt take something with a pinch of salt take something with a pinch of salt take something with a pinch (or grain) of salt take steps take stock take stock in take the air take the biscuit take the biscuit (or cake) take the bread out of people's mouths take the bull by the horns take the cake take the cake take the chequered flag take the count take the easy way out take the edge off something take the fall take the fifth take the floor take the gilt off the gingerbread