"from pillar to post" meaning in All languages combined

See from pillar to post on Wiktionary

Phrase [Inglés]

  1. De un lugar a otro.
    Sense id: es-from_pillar_to_post-en-phrase-bbS7NTbS
  2. De una situación difícil a otra. Tags: figurative
    Sense id: es-from_pillar_to_post-en-phrase-ZwL7ZjX~ Categories (other): EN:Términos en sentido figurado
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: from post to pillar, hither and thither
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