I heard a woman say the other day that in her recent career she felt that she had been "pigeon-held".
Isn't that a great expression?
It obviously starts with "pigeon-hole" and then the past tense, "pigeon-holed", but then you swap "holed" for the homophone "hold", as in holding onto something or holding something back, and then do the past tense again and you get "pigeon-held".
It conveys both the sense of being unfairly stereotyped and of being unfairly constrained or restrained.
Isn't that great?
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G'day Ellen - thanks for visiting Sydney. The Chicago Art Institute is high on my list of places I REALLY want to go. I have been to Osseo and Pigeon Falls, Wisconsin though (and many other places besides - friends in Eau Claire), so haven't entirely missed out!
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