| 釋義 |
腳踏兩只船腳踏兩頭船；腳踩兩邊船jiǎo tà liǎng zhǐ chuánsit on the fence; straddle two boats—have a foot in either camp
? 蕭隊(duì)長(zhǎng)尋思，這人原先膽子小，干啥也是腳踩兩邊船，……(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》437)Xiao mused. This man Liu had formerly been a coward,a fence-sitter./“耶耶，你又來(lái)了，”雪春沖口說(shuō)，“田入社，土留家，你這不是腳踏兩邊船？”(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》153)“There you go again,father!” burst out Xuechun. “Putting the paddy-fields in and keeping the dry fields; are you trying to keep a foot in both camps?”/你要不愿意，土地先不入，也行；不過(guò)，那你就是腳踏兩邊船，農(nóng)忙時(shí)節(jié)，不曉得干哪一頭好了。(周立波《山鄉(xiāng)巨變》166) If you’re not willing,don’t put it in now; that will be all right. The only thing is,like that you’d be straddling two boats,and at the busy seasons you wouldn’t know which one you should be on.
? ～的人什么也撈不著。He who runs after two hares will catch neither.
? ～，結(jié)果兩頭空。Between two stools one falls to the ground. 腳踏兩只船jiǎo tà liǎnɡ zhī chuán比喻搖擺不定，既想干這個(gè)，又想干那樣；也形容兩下里都占著，存心投機(jī)取巧。have a foot in either camp, straddle two boats, sit on the fence, be a fence-sitter |