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| Subject | Russian | English |
| gen. | на двух стульях не усидишь! | Between two stools one falls to the ground |
| idiom. | пытаться усидеть на двух стульях | have one's cake and eat it (ad_notam) |
| saying. | пытаться усидеть на двух стульях | run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (Баян) |
| idiom. | пытаться усидеть на двух стульях | have one's cake and eat it too (newbee) |
| Игорь Миг | стараться усидеть на двух стульях | play a double game |
| fig.of.sp. | усидеть на двух стульях | keep a foot in both worlds (artery) |
| idiom. | усидеть на двух стульях | have one's cake and eat it (It's rarely possible to have one's cake and eat it.) |
| idiom. | усидеть на двух стульях | have one's cake and eat it too (I worked at home so I could raise my family and still earn money. It let me have my cake and eat it too.) |
| idiom. | усидеть на двух стульях | have/keep a foot in both camps (Natalia1809) |
| gen. | усидеть на двух стульях | have it both ways (driven) |