the ghost walks

phrase

The manager comes to pay the company's salaries.

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Meanings

phrase
  1. humorousentertainmentThe manager comes to pay the company's salaries.

    Ask the regular staff at any theatre when the ghost walks and the chances are that the answer will be — on a Friday, ie pay night (unless that happens to be on a Thursday!).

    2010, John Harper, editor, Tales of Haunted Places

Origin

An allusion to a scene in Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

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APA

the ghost walks. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20ghost%20walks

MLA

“the ghost walks.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20ghost%20walks. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “the ghost walks,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/the%20ghost%20walks.

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