luke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > Hi, > > 25Feb2005 @ 09:08 Wolfgang Woehl thusly spake > > > This is from Lamont Dozier's "Fish ain't bitin'" (1973) Can someone > > explain the expression "The short is off the stick"? Thanks. > > > > And meanwhile in DC > > Tricky Dick is trying to be slick > > And the short is off the stick > > Because I'm gonna get it > > Tricky Dick, please quit > > You might be familiar with the expression: "getting the short end of > the stick", which means you don't have the power, or you are subject > someone else's overriding power (they have the long end of the > stick). The short is off the stick is probably a way of saying "we > are no longer subject to that overriding power, perhaps referring to > the (misplaced) power of tricky dick. Makes sense to me. So it's not a common expression? > > that's my first line of interpretation, > kind regards, > Luke Thank you, Wolfgang
