Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)Between you and me

Origin

Humorous emphatic form of between you and me, by anthropomorphizing an (ostensibly mute) b

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

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Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
betterA1betweenA1betwixtbevel

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