be pipped at the post Idiom
from pillar to post
keep you posted
postal
postage and handling
Idiom(s): postage and handlingTheme: POSTAL
charges for sending [something] through the mail and for wrapping and handling the item. (Fixed order.)
• The cost of the book was quite reasonable, but the postage and handling was outrageous.
• They did not charge postage and handling because I prepaid the order.
keep sb posted
Idiom(s): keep sb postedTheme: COMMUNICATION
to keep someone informed (of what is happening); to keep someone up to date.
• If the price of corn goes up, I need to know. Please keep me posted.
• Keep her posted about the patient's status.
between you, me, and the lamppost
Idiom(s): between you, me, and the lamppostTheme: SECRECY
secretively, just between you and me. (Fixed order.)
• Just between you, me, and the lamppost, Fred is leaving school.
• Now don't tell anyone else. This is just between you, me, and the lamppost.
Answers on a postcard
This idiom can be used to suggest that the answer to something is very obvious or that the person would really like to hear what people think.Deaf as a post
Someone who is as deaf as a post is unable to hear at all.Keep posted
If you keep posted about something, you keep up-to-date with information and developments.Move the goalposts
When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage.be pipped at the post
To be defeated or affected by addition by a actual attenuated allowance or at the final, acute moment, abnormally in a race, competition, or able-bodied event. Primarily heard in UK, Australia, Ireland. The favoured agent captivated the advance for the majority of the race, but he was pipped at the column by a almost alien adversary in the final 100 metres. It appears the accepted MP has been pipped at the post, actuality almost defeated by the youngest being to anytime serve in parliament.Learn more: pip, post
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