EyeSeeYou  +  364972 Tue, 15 May 07 12:09 AM Could anybody provide an example and explanation of the meaning of that idiom? The dictionary I've consulted just threw this: "one after another". Does it imply "in a row"? Thanks. EyeSeeYou Joined on Tue, Dec 21 2004 Full Member 212 Idioms

	Clive  +  364997 Tue, 15 May 07 01:05 AM Hi, You're basically right. Tomorrow I have back to back classes means that I finish one class and immediately start the next one. Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,585 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo

	khoff  +  365003 Tue, 15 May 07 01:25 AM Yes, "in a row" but in the temporal, rather than the spacial sense.  As Clive said, "back to back classes" would be a good example.  It's an odd expression, though -- more than two things in a row can't actually all be back to back, can they? khoff Joined on Sun, Mar 6 2005 Senior Member 3,264 Native speaker of American English (but not a grammar expert)

	Philip  +  365008 Tue, 15 May 07 01:39 AM The teams are playing two games back-to-back tonight (one after the other..a double-header). Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen