"Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."

Posted by ESC on February 22, 2005

In Reply to: "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night." posted by harry on February 22, 2005

: Can any one tell me the meaning and origin of "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night."?

: Thanks
: Hry

It's from a movie, All About Eve .

Margo Channing (Bette Davis): Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night

She said it at the beginning of a party. There were a lot of undercurrents. A lot going on between people at the party.

• Variation of "bumpy ride" SR 23/February/05