Idioms have been pushed from pillar to post in linguistic theory.
The more they are chivvied from pillar to post, the greater the sense of isolation, and the greater the nuisance they become.
In this inquiry we have heard from victims sent from pillar to post.
Constituents are sent from pillar to post trying to exercise their rights and get satisfaction.
He has been driven from pillar to post.
This avoids people being pushed from pillar to post in trying to get something done.
They are moved about ad hoc, from pillar to post.
I entirely decline to be driven from pillar to post, and from compromise to compromise.
