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  • fall between two stools — mainly British, mainly British if something falls between two stools, it fails because it is neither one type of thing nor another and if someone falls between two stools, they fail because they try to combine two different types of thing that… …   New idioms dictionary

  • fall between two stools — verb a) To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail. “ She [<nowiki/>] could not bear to lose the land she had got by a swindle; and then she could not bear the loss of her lover. So she fell between two stools. ” …   Wiktionary

  • fall between stools —    If something falls between two stools, it is neither totally one thing nor another, and is therefore unsatisfactory.     The book didn t sell because it fell between two stools. It appealed neither to historians nor to the general public …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • fall between the cracks — See fall through the cracks …   English idioms

  • fall between two stools — phrasal to fail because of inability to choose between or reconcile two alternative or conflicting courses of action …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fall between two stools — fail because one hesitated between two opportunities, attempt two things at once and fail at both …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fall between two stools — not clearly one type or the other, neither fish nor fowl    This vehicle is part bike and part car. It falls between two stools …   English idioms

  • fall between — be overlooked, go unnoticed …   English contemporary dictionary

  • fall between two stools — Brit. fail to be or take either of two satisfactory alternatives. → stool …   English new terms dictionary

  • fall between two stools — to fail because of not definitely being either one thing or another …   English dictionary

  • fall — fall1 W1S1 [fo:l US fo:l] v past tense fell [fel] past participle fallen [ˈfo:lən US ˈfo:l ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move downwards)¦ 2¦(stop standing/walking etc)¦ 3¦(decrease)¦ 4¦(become)¦ 5¦(belong to a group)¦ 6 fall short of something 7 fall victim/prey… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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