TELEGRAPH POLES, WRAPS (A PERSON) AROUND MORE

(slang) tangles up (a person); confuses (a person). Taken from the US West where a tangled-up man in a confused condition was likened to a person, horse or cow who had run into a telegraph pole and gotten wrapped around it. It infers the situation or person needs to be untangled and straightened out. —Academy Level IV Glossary, —OEC - Suppressives and GAEs Glossary Appr. 25 Feb. 91

(slang) tangles up (a person); confuses (a person). Taken from the US West where a tangled-up man in a confused condition was likened to a person, horse or cow who had run into a telegraph pole and gotten wrapped around it. It infers the situation or person needs to be untangled and straightened out. I mean, it wraps a person around more telegraph poles in less time.

(slang) tangles up (a person); confuses (a person). Taken from the US West where a tangled-up man in a confused condition was likened to a person, horse or cow who had run into a telegraph pole and gotten wrapped around it. It infers the situation or person needs to be untangled and straightened out.