Thread: Giddy up?

Well, all of you are right to a degree. To have "a hitch in your giddy-up" is a pretty common phrase in EU. It's very informal and like many expressions it can have a variety of meanings. It generally means that someone has a problem with physical movement(s), like a drunk staggering, a person (or animal) with an injury trying to run, a golfer with a bad swing, etc.

It can also be used to describe a machine that isn't running right...a car engine that miss-fires, a balky copy machine, a malfunctioning telephone, anything that has a "hitch" in it's movement.

In short, it's a way of saying that something or someone is not performing quite right and can be applied to almost anything.