gatepost
n
1 post on which a gate is hung or against which it is closed 门柱.
2 (idm 习语) between you and me and the `gatepost (infml 口) in strict confidence 严格保密.
🗣️ 情景例句
to talk to someone at the bank next week.
下星期与银行的人谈一谈。
If the old dog barks, he gives counsel.
如果老狗叫,他是给忠告。
It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.