What does it mean to be on the bus or off the bus?
It has roots in a Tom Wolfe novel from the 1960’s, called “Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test”. It centered around the author, Ken Kesey, who said “You’re either on the bus or you’re off the bus.”, meaning, you’re either committed to the bus or you’re not.
What does the expression on the bus mean?
To throw someone under the bus is to criticize, blame, or punish them, especially in order to avoid blame or gain an advantage. People so thrown are typically in a vulnerable position.
Is it correct to say on the bus?
When you ride on a bus, usually you are in the bus. it would mean somewhere within the bus either someone might have a charger or the bus company supplied one for general use on the the bus. The charger itself would be considered to be in the bus.
Is on or in the bus?
We should use “in the bus” when we are inside the bus and the bus is stationary, and “on the bus” when we are inside the bus and the bus is moving.
What does not on my bus mean?
The “Not On My Bus” campaign is a call-to-action initiative aiming at changing societal norms that dissuade bystanders from intervening to stop or prevent sexual harassment on public transport.
Where does the expression throw someone under the bus come from?
Origins. It seems possible that the expression throw/push/shove someone under the bus comes from Britain in the late 1970s or early 1980s. After Julian Critchley, a relatively early use is attributed by the website Double-Tongued Dictionary to a 1991 article in the Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph.
Can we say by bus?
We say by car, by bus, by plane, etc. but if there is a determiner (e.g. a/an, the, some, my, his) before the noun, we say in or on. We went by train to Pisa. Did you travel by plane?
When should I use in and on?
IN Use in when something is located inside of a defined space. It could be a flat space, like a yard, or a three-dimensional space, like a box, house, or car. The space does not need to be closed on all sides (“There is water IN the glass”). ON Use on when something is touching the surface of something.
Will become or is going to become?
Since “will become” and “is going to become” are both correct and have the same meaning, both (1) and (4) are correct.
What does ” you are either on the bus or off the bus ” mean?
Thus, the literal meaning of “You are either on the bus or off the bus” is “You are either attuned to the group consciousness or you are not attuned to the group consciousness.”
What does it mean when you dream of getting off the bus?
If you dreamed about getting off the bus, such dream might indicate having some lucky chances to win something in the near future. Dreaming about not being able to exit the bus during the rush hour. If you dreamed about not being able to exit the bus during the rush hour, such dream might indicate taking part in some mass event in the near future.
When to use can the bus off state?
As also stated by Texane, in CAN the bus-off state is meant to report to the upper software layers a potentially serious error with bus communication (if the bus or other nodes on the bus are faulty), and also to disconnect a node from the bus (if the node itself is faulty) when just going error-passive is not enough.
Where does the expression’throw someone under the bus’come from?
-Julian Critchley, The Times (London, Eng.), 21 June 1982. It seems possible that the expression throw/push/shove someone under the bus comes from Britain in the late 1970s or early 1980s, especially when considering that there was already a similar under a bus expression in use there.
