bera kápuna á báðum öxlum

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “to bear the coat on both shoulders”. Compare the Latin duābus sellīs sedeō (“I sit on two chairs”).

Verb

bera kápuna á báðum öxlum

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) to blow hot and cold, to waver, to vacillate, to change one's opinion often