26 Feb
2005
26 Feb
'05
4:59 a.m.
luke(a)chipcity.com.au:
Hi,
25Feb2005 @ 09:08 Wolfgang Woehl thusly spake
Makes sense to me. So it's not a common expression?
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.
that's my first line of interpretation,
kind regards,
Luke
Thank you,
Wolfgang