It’s been awhile since I shared with you the origin of a common phrase, so here I go.
To “kick the can down the road” means, of course, to put off something unpleasant or hard to deal with until a future time.
In the olden days there was a child’s game called “Kick the Can.” A kid would kick a can full of pebbles, then run and hide. If nobody else would play with him, he’d run up to it and kick it again. And again. Accomplishing nothing. Thank to the State Dept., who used the term in the 80s when describing stalled talks with the Soviets over nuclear arms, it looks like we’re stuck with it forever in the political realm.
