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
Five five five…zero eight zero eight.
555-0808。
Sooner or later.
迟早会的。
So, faced with the Danish advance, Alfred did not risk open battle but harried the enemy.