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between you and me

Also, between ourselves;. In strict confidence. For example, Just between you and me, it was Janet who proposed to Bill rather than vice versa. This phrase, dating from about 1300, is generally followed by some informative statement that the listener is being asked to keep secret. The variant with bedpost, also shortened to post, dates from the early 1800s; four walls, also shortened to the wall, dates from the early 1900s, as does the gatepost.

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But we’ll take the word of King himself, who moved the needle on the film’s indeterminate future when he posted on X: “Between you and me, Twitter, I’ve seen the new SALEM’S LOT and it’s quite good. Old-school horror filmmaking: slow build, big payoff. Not sure why WB is holding it back; not like it’s embarrassing, or anything. Who knows. I just write the f— things.”

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“Just between you and me,” Robert whispered in Jack’s ear, “I know you’re lying. Still, I’ll play along and back up your story. That way I get the princess, and no one argues.”

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It’s these last two who have been caught in a Timely News Controversy recently, with a pro-Castelli PAC posting A.I.–generated audio of Walker saying things like, “Just between you and me, I know I’m not qualified for the job in Congress.”

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El Perro del Mar — the recording name of the electronic songwriter, singer and producer Sarah Assbring — questions a self-destructive obsession in “Between You and Me Nothing.”

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“I’m finding that there’s not much difference between you and me.”

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betweenwhiles betwixt

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