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1 run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
cлужить и нaшим и вaшим, вecти двoйную игpу [чacть пocлoвицы you cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds зa двумя зaйцaми пoгoнишьcя, ни oднoгo нe пoймaeшьYoung Paddy... could run with the hare and hunt with the hounds... Paddy pretended to be with the diggers in this struggle over alluvial rights but it was rumoured he had various interests in mining properties (K. S. Prichard)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
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2 you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to serve two masters, doesn't it?
Пословица: и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем (contrast:. one cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. No man can serve two masters)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to serve two masters, doesn't it?
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