from pillar to post

基本解釋

Lawrence Davies, the lawyer for Miss Kemal who is not allowed to talk about the case, said her complaint had been "pushed from pillar to post".
為基馬爾小姐工作的律師勞倫斯·戴維斯，被禁止談?wù)撨@個(gè)案件，她說，她的控告被“推三阻四”。
This matters: the shunting of prisoners from pillar to post by harried staff is undermining efforts to return offenders to society in a state fit to stay there (see article).
這的確是個(gè)問題：犯人匆忙得從一個(gè)監(jiān)獄分流到另一個(gè)監(jiān)獄，從而破壞了犯人重返適合他們逗留的社會(huì)的努力。
His friend had told him it would make far more impact than him roaming from pillar to post.
他的朋友告訴他，這樣做帶來的影響力，遠(yuǎn)比他行遍鄉(xiāng)里要大得多。

No deliberations over a Hurd or an Apotheker can mean much when the board is content to let a company like H-P lurch from pillar to post in hopes of quick revenue injections to stave off inevitable market share erosions.
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Not only are they being pushed from pillar to post in Russia by a resurgent Vladimir Putin, keen to divide and (ultimately) rule upstream arrangements, the Europe Commission has launched a formal investigation into the Russian gas group for alleged market manipulation following raids on Gazprom offices last year.
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If someone goes from pillar to post, they are forced to keep moving from one place to another.