between two stools

短语

释义与例句

phr.
  1. 1.

    Not fitting neatly into either of two categories or positions.

  2. 2.

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see between, two, stool.

词源

From an old proverb, "Between two stools, one falls to the ground", which dates from 1390. This, in turn, is most likely a translation of the medieval Latin proverb labitur enitens sellis herere duabus ("he falls trying to sit on two seats").

来源：wiktionary