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Subject: Пословица - на двух стульях сразу Не пытайся усидеть на двух стульях сразу!Как передать? |
| Don't try to sit between the two chairs |
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Вар.: To serve two masters |
| milk two cows? |
| Play both ends at once |
| You can't have a cake and eat it too. |
| You can't have it both ways |
| If you are trying to underline indecision, "to be (sitting) on the fence about smth" may work. |
| Between two stools |
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link 2.10.2007 19:08 |
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ms801 The Russian phrase does not imply indecision. It is used when one has to make a choice between two items being unable to have both. |
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link 2.10.2007 20:51 |
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could be to have/keep a foot in both camps to be involved with two groups of people who often have very different aims and opinions. He has moved from fringe to mainstream theatre, but he still keeps a foot in both camps. |
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link 2.10.2007 20:54 |
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or work both sides of the street |
| только что встретилось My grandfather says to me, in his vulgar slang, 'between two stools you will fall to the ground.' http://www.salemstate.edu/imc/sedgwick/federalism.html |
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