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off the hooks
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Off the Hooks
An expression meaning “beyond hope of requisition for further service,” “completely done for,” whether on the score of chronic ill health, lunacy, or old age. This originally had reference to the Maypole stored away in Shaft Alley, Leadenhall Street, and perhaps other Maypoles elsewhere of post-Reformation days. As long as it rested “on the hooks” there was a likelihood of its being once more called into service. See “St Andrew Undershaft.”
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of off the hooks in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of off the hooks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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