| 单词 | fall between two stools |
| 释义 | fall between two stoolsphrase See full dictionary entry for stoolIf someone has fallen between two stools, they are unable to decide which of two courses of action to take and as a result they have not done either of them successfully. fall between two stools in British Englisha. to fail through vacillation between two alternatives b. to be in an unsatisfactory situation through not belonging to either of two categories or groups fall between two stoolsto be in an unsatisfactory situation because you do not belong to either of two groupsor categories, or because you are trying to do two different things at once and are failing at both He knows that the production could easily fall between two stools: too highbrow forFriday-night revellers, too lowbrow for music buffs. |
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