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gen. all things to all people (Anglophile); run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; play both ends against the middle
Игорь Миг turncoat (презр., разг.); double-crosser; double-dealing; double-crossing (споём и спляшем); double-dealer; play both sides of the fence
proverb you want to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, don't you? it means to be on both sides of the fence or to serve two masters, doesn't it? (used as a critical remark to mean: vou (they, etc) act as an opportunist and a person without principles who is ready to please anyone, to work for both sides); it is the yes man's fun to please everyone; he that serves everybody is paid by nobody (- всем спляшем); one cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
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gen. straddle the fence
idiom. talk out of both sides of one's mouth (Beforeyouaccuseme)
proverb serve two masters
saying. running with the hare and hunting with the hounds (Баян)
быть и нашим, и вашим
gen. play both sides (Баян)
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: 39 phrases in 9 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
Economics1
General19
Idiomatic5
Informal1
Makarov2
Military1
Proverb8
Slang1

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