run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

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Verb

run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (third-person singular simple present runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds, present participle running with the hare and hunting with the hounds, simple past ran with the hare and hunted with the hounds, past participle run with the hare and hunted with the hounds)

1. (idiomatic, figuratively) To support both sides of an argument.

Translations

support both sides of an argument

• Finnish: istua kahdella tuolilla
• French: manger à tous les râteliers (fr), ménager la chèvre et le chou (fr)
• German: nach oben buckeln, nach unten treten
• Polish: Panu Bogu świeczkę i diabłu ogarek (pl)
• Portuguese: agradar a gregos e troianos
• Russian: сиде́ть на двух сту́льях (sidétʹ na dvux stúlʹjax)
• Spanish: servir a Dios y al diablo
• Turkish: tavşana kaç, tazıya tut demek (tr)

See also

• butter one's bread on both sides
• have one's cake and eat it too
• judge, jury and executioner
• devil's advocate