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意味・対訳あぶはち取らずに終わる、二兎を追って一兎も得ない

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fall between two stools

アクセントfáll betwèen twó stóols

あぶはち取らずに終わる, 二兎を追って一兎も得ない.

>>fallの意味 >>fallを含むイディオムの一覧

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fallを含むイディオム	fall back on fall behind fall between two stools fall by the wayside fall down >>自動詞のイディオム
stoolを含むイディオム	fall between two stools >>イディオム一覧 >>名詞のイディオム

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Between two stools you fall to the ground.例文帳に追加

虻蜂取らず - 英語ことわざ教訓辞典

to fall between two stools―（一文とすれば）―“Between two stools, one falls to the ground”発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

虻蜂取らず - 斎藤和英大辞典

Between two stools you fall to the ground.例文帳に追加

二つの椅子の間で地面に落ちる。 - Tatoeba例文

Between two stools you fall to the ground.発音を聞く例文帳に追加

二つの椅子の間で地面に落ちる。 - Tanaka Corpus

Between two stools you fall to the ground.例文帳に追加

二つの腰掛けの間に座れば尻餅をつく - 英語ことわざ教訓辞典

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He seemed to fall between two stools.例文帳に追加

彼は二兎を追って、一兎をも得ていないようだ。 - 旅行・ビジネス英会話翻訳例文

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Weblio英語表現辞典での「Fall between two stools」の意味

Fall between two stools

訳語二兎追うものは一兎をも得ず

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fall between two stools

訳語あぶはち取らず

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Weblio英和対訳辞書での「Fall between two stools」の意味

fall between two stools

虻蜂取らずになる, 二またをかけてしくじる

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Wiktionary英語版での「Fall between two stools」の意味

fall between two stools

語源

From an old proverb, "Between two stools, one falls to the ground", which dates from 1390. This, in turn, is most likely a translation of the medieval Latin proverb labitur enitens sellis herere duabus ("he falls trying to sit on two seats").

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fall between two stools (三人称単数現在形 falls between two stools, 現在分詞 falling between two stools, 過去形 fell between two stools, 過去分詞 fallen between two stools)

(idiomatic, of tasks, issues, problems, items) To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.
- 1996, Mike Lawrence, A to Z of Sports Cars, 1945-1990:
  Unfortunately, it fell between two stools: it was not good enough to be a competition car and those who wanted a roadburner preferred the Iso Grifo, which was better equipped.
- 2006, Richard Rex, Henry VIII and the English Reformation:
  Even Henry 's will embodies that suspension between two poles, or falling between two stools, which characterises so much of his church 's history from the point.
- 2014, Robert Watt, Shakespeare 's History Plays, page 184:
  Patterson 's therory has profound implications for any critical interpretation of the play: if, as she argues, we should recognise two distinct versions of the play with very different political effects, an interpretation which ignores the differences is likely to fall between two stools.
(idiomatic) To attempt two roles and fail at both, when either could have been accomplished singly.
- 1857, Anthony Trollope, Barchester Towers, The Century Co. (1902), page 252:
  “ […] She [Dido] could not bear to lose the land she had got by a swindle; and then she could not bear the loss of her lover. So she fell between two stools. […] ”
- 1910, Sydney Humphries, Oriental Carpets, Runners and Rugs and Some Jacquard Reproductions, READ BOOKS (2010), →ISBN, page 22:
  Failing to get rid of the old love [Medea] before taking on the new—in other words, wasting his strength over a new and untried method before having fully established the old—he [Jason] fell between two stools.
- 1929, Charles Howard Ellis, The Origin, Structure & Working of the League of Nations, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. (2004), →ISBN, page 153:
  The Council, by trying to combine its functions as the responsible executive of the League with some of the representative attributes of the Assembly, has to some extent fallen between two stools, and gives the impression of not being certain of its rôle.
- 2003, Chris Jones, The Guerilla^[sic] Film Makers Movie Blueprint, Continuum International Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 21:
  As your chances of mega-success increase so do your chances of falling between two stools, and if you get it wrong, you could end up with a dog’s dinner that satisfies no one.

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fall in a grey area

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「Fall between two stools」の意味に関連した用語

虻

(和英辞典)

二叉をかける

(和英辞典)

蜂

(斎藤和英大辞典)

二叉

(和英辞典)

stool

(Eゲイト英和辞典)

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Fall between two stoolsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Fall between two stoolsの学習レベル

研究社 新英和中辞典での「Fall between two stools」の意味

fall between two stools

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Fall between two stools

Weblio英語言い回し辞典での「Fall between two stools」の意味

fall between two stools

Weblio英和対訳辞書での「Fall between two stools」の意味

fall between two stools

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fall between two stools

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Fall between two stoolsとは意味・読み方・使い方

研究社新英和中辞典での「Fall between two stools」の意味