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1 и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем
Set phrase: it is the yes man's fun to please everyone, you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to serve two masters, doesn't it? (contrast:. one cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. No man can serve two masters)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > и нашим и вашим под одну дуду спляшем
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2 сидеть между двух стульев
неодобр.lit. sit between two stools; cf. fall between two stools; sit on the fence; serve two masters; run with the hare and hunt with the hounds- Вот что я тебе скажу, Матвей, - голос Ларисы звучал твёрдо и спокойно. - Такой, как ты есть, ты мне не нужен. Да и тебе между двух стульев сидеть неловко. Забирай её и уезжай отсюда. Чтобы вас обоих и духу не было. А то пропадём все трое... (С. Антонов, Дело было в Пенькове) — 'And now listen to me, Matvei.' Larissa's voice was firm and calm. 'I don't want you the way you are now. You're not very comfortable either, sitting between two chairs. Take her and go away from here. Both of you get out and stay out. Or else all three of us will be finished...'
- Ха! - сказала я горлом. - Жалкий трус! Вы думаете, что можно всю жизнь просидеть между двух стульев? (И. Грекова, Без улыбок) — 'Ha!' I said throatingly. 'You pathetic coward! You think you can spend your whole life sitting on the fence?'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сидеть между двух стульев
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