TELEGRAPH POLES, WRAP (SOMETHING) AROUND A COUPLE OF
TELEGRAPH POLES, WRAP (SOMETHING) AROUND A COUPLE OF
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(slang)tangle up or confuse (something). 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 telegraphpole and gotten wrapped around it. It infers the situation or person needs to be untangled and straightened out. —SHSBC Binder 29 Approved Glossary