#off the hooks

The Origins of – Off the Hooks: An expression meaning “beyond hope of requisition for further service,” “completely . . . #english #ingles

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 253days. As long as it rested “on the hooks” there was a likelihood of its being once more…