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  • 1 fall between two stools

    (to lose both of two possibilities by hesitating between them or trying for both.) sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen

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  • 2 stool

    noun
    Hocker, der

    fall between two stools — (fig.) sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen

    * * *
    [stu:l]
    (a seat without a back: a piano-stool; a kitchen stool.) der Hocker
    - academic.ru/116067/fall_between_two_stools">fall between two stools
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    [stu:l]
    I. n
    1. (seat) Hocker m
    bar \stool Barhocker m
    kitchen \stool Küchenschemel m
    piano \stool Klavierstuhl m
    three-legged \stool dreibeiniger Schemel [o Hocker
    2. (faeces) Stuhl m, Kot m
    \stool sample Stuhlprobe f
    to pass \stools Stuhlgang haben
    3. BOT, HORT Wurzelstock m
    4. AM HUNT Lockvogel m
    5.
    ▶ to fall between two \stools BRIT sich akk zwischen zwei Stühle setzen
    II. vi tree, plant treiben
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    [stuːl]
    n
    1) (= seat) Hocker m; (= milking stool) Schemel m; (folding) Stuhl m
    2) (ESP MED: faeces) Stuhl m
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    stool [stuːl]
    A s
    1. (Bar-, Klavier- etc) Hocker m, (Klavier- etc) Stuhl m, (-)Schemel m:
    fall between two stools fig sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen
    2. Nachtstuhl m
    3. PHYSIOL Stuhl m:
    a) Kot m
    b) Stuhlgang m:
    go to stool Stuhlgang haben
    4. BOT
    a) (Wurzel)Schössling(e) m(pl)
    b) Wurzelstock m
    c) Baumstumpf m (der Wurzelschösslinge treibt)
    5. JAGD besonders US Lockvogel m
    B v/i
    1. BOT Schösslinge treiben
    2. besonders US sl spitzeln
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    noun
    Hocker, der

    fall between two stools — (fig.) sich zwischen zwei Stühle setzen

    * * *
    (faeces) n.
    Stuhl ¨-e (Fäkalien) m. n.
    Hocker - m.
    Schemel - m.

    English-german dictionary > stool

  • 3 stool

    [stu:l] n
    1) ( seat) Hocker m;
    bar \stool Barhocker m;
    kitchen \stool Küchenschemel m;
    piano \stool Klavierstuhl m;
    three-legged \stool dreibeiniger Schemel [o Hocker];
    2) ( faeces) Stuhl m, Kot m;
    \stool sample Stuhlprobe f;
    to pass \stools Stuhlgang haben
    3) bot, hort Wurzelstock m
    4) (Am) hunt Lockvogel m
    PHRASES:
    to fall between two \stools ( Brit) sich akk zwischen zwei Stühle setzen vi tree, plant treiben

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  • fall between two stools — ► fall between two stools Brit. fail to be or take either of two satisfactory alternatives. Main Entry: ↑stool …   English terms dictionary

  • fall between two stools — phrasal : to fail or come to naught because of inability to choose between or reconcile two alternative or conflicting courses of action a story of falling between two stools the stool of election promises to balance the budget and reduce taxes,… …   Useful english dictionary

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

  • between two stools one falls to the ground — Inability to choose between, or accommodate oneself to, alternative viewpoints or courses of action is likely to end in disaster. Now more common in the metaphorical phrase to fall between two stools. Cf. medieval L. labitur enitens sellis herere …   Proverbs new dictionary

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

  • between two stools — Meaning Uncertainty and hesitation. Origin From the proverbial between two stools you fall to the ground …   Meaning and origin of phrases

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

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