Why called Back to Back

[G.M.T.]

When two cruise are booked to make a continous cruise, why it it called Back to Back?

 

Why not Back to Front, or Two in a Line?

 

Back to Back always reminds me of when dear MiL comes to visit.:halo:

[Hydrokitty]

"back to back, belly to belly and I don't give a damn cause it doesn't matter really....at the zombie jamboree"...thanks to the Kingston Trio...:D

[TFLG]

When two cruise are booked to make a continous cruise, why it it called Back to Back?

 

Why not Back to Front, or Two in a Line?

 

Back to Back always reminds me of when dear MiL comes to visit.:halo:

 

 

It's a common expression in the US.. Typically used with sports teams, athletes etc. When a team wins two in a row the say "back to back wins" No idea where the expression started or why but it's commonly used meaning two in a row.

[Pepsi36]

It's a common expression in the US.. Typically used with sports teams, athletes etc. When a team wins two in a row the say "back to back wins" No idea where the expression started or why but it's commonly used meaning two in a row.

It's the same in the UK.

[mom says]

It's idiomatic, and not meant literally. It simply means consecutive, without a time interval. Here's an amusing explanation of its etymology: http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/back-to-back/

[wendychloecruiser]

I guess we’ll have to ask Susie Dent on “Countdown.” This makes sense only to those in the U.K.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Dent

[GerScot]

I guess we’ll have to ask Susie Dent on “Countdown.” This makes sense only to those in the U.K.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susie_Dent

 

 

Only if you are home in time to watch Countdown!! :(:(:(:(

[wendychloecruiser]

Only if you are home in time to watch Countdown!! :(:(:(:(

 

That’s what the ‘record’ button is for. :)

[villauk]

Only if you are home in time to watch Countdown!! :(:(:(:(

 

It’s also shown at 6am.

[Ravensbourne1960]

Here's an amusing explanation of its etymology: http://www.word-detective.com/2010/03/back-to-back/

 

Being from the North of England, I always think of low-income urban housing, lacking basic sanitation facilities.

[davekathy]

B2B works for us.