Pillar to Post
Running from pillar to post—from one thing to another without any definite purpose. This is an allusion to the manege. The pillar is the centre of the riding ground, and the posts are the columns at equal distances, placed two and two round the circumstance of the ring.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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