| 单词 | to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools a. Proverb, to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools: to incur failure through vacillation between two different courses of action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] > fail through vacillation to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools1390 the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] > incur failure through vacillation to fall, come to the ground, sit between two stools1390 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 15 Bot it is seid..Betwen tuo Stoles lyth the fal, Whan that men wenen best to sitte. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 22 O fol of alle foles, Thou farst as he betwen tuo stoles That wolde sitte and goth to grounde. a1536 Prov. in Songs, Carols etc. (E.E.T.S.) 129 Betwen two stolis, the ars goth to grwnd. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 610 Guageda betwixt two stooles had vnquiet sitting, paying tribute both to the Kings of Telensin, and the Arabians. 1718 M. Prior Alma i, in Poems Several Occasions (new ed.) 328 Poor Alma sits between two Stools. 1765 Ld. Holland in J. H. Jesse G. Selwyn & his Contemp. (1843) I. 380 I only hope Sir Charles Bunbury has not lost his Paris place, and dropped, as I fear he has, between two stools. 1857 A. Trollope Barchester Towers xx Truly he had fallen between two stools. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset I. xxxv. 301 She was like to fall to the ground between two stools,—having two lovers, neither of whom could serve her turn. < as lemmas |
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