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two silent bouncers deciding who passes and who turns around in the driveway.
means The upright posts on either side of a gate, supporting it and marking the entrance to a drive, field, or yard.
from A plain compound of "gate" and "post," both old Germanic-rooted English words. "Gate" descends from Old English "geat," an opening or doorway; "post" comes from Latin "postis," an upright timber, borrowed into English long ago. Put them together and you get exactly what the name says: the posts that hold the gate. The phrase "between you, me, and the gatepost" — meaning a secret kept close — is the word's most famous outing, casting the gatepost as a discreet, immovable third party.
- moving the goalposts
- the idiom that lets arguments cheat mid-debate
- ancient duty
- Roman gateposts honored Janus, god of doorways
- between them
- the gate is optional; the posts are the point
- status symbol
- stone pillars once signaled estate wealth from afar
hampton court palace gates — ornate wrought iron gates at the royal palace entrance in surrey, england, completed 1732
hyde park corner gates — iconic ionic stone gateposts flanking constitution hill in london, built 1825