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OP In the days when everybody read the Bible, to "drive like
Jehu" was a cliché for "drive furiously".From O.Henry story about cabbies:
"The cabby has his point of view. It is more single-minded, perhaps, than that of a follower of any other calling. From the high, swaying seat of his hansom he looks upon his fellow-men as nomadic particles, of no account except when possessed of migratory desires. He is Jehu, and you are goods in transit. Be you President or vagabond, to cabby you are only a Fare, he takes you up, cracks his whip, joggles your vertebrae and sets you down."
Kings II 9. 20
And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously.
Terrific reference, wwh. Thanks for it. I've seen many a Jehu on the Interstate and didn't realize that that's what they were!
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