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The good news: this idiom has nothing to do with ghosts

Meaning[]

The moving spirit is the person who came up with an idea. What sense the idiom is taken in depends on how good the idea is.

Use in Normal Speech[]

After a good idea.

"Where's the moving spirit behind Operation Mayfair - he or she is a genius!"

After a bad idea.

"OK, guys, who's the moving spirit behind this non-starter of an idea? I have a bone to pick."

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