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between two stools

Meaning

Not fitting neatly into either of two categories or positions.

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

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Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stools. Salman Rushdie

Between two stools one falls to the ground. Spanish Proverb

Between two stools you come to the ground. Dutch Proverb

Between two stools is a fall. Manx Proverb

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