25 Feb
2005
25 Feb
'05
7:20 p.m.
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.
that's my first line of interpretation,
kind regards,
Luke
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