have a foot in both camps

English

Verb

have a foot in both camps (third-person singular simple present has a foot in both camps, present participle having a foot in both camps, simple past and past participle had a foot in both camps)

1. (figuratively) To be part of two opposite sides.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: istua kahdella tuolilla
• Polish: grać na dwie strony impf

See also

• double agent
• fall between two stools
• run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

References

• “have a foot in both camps”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “have a foot in both camps” (US) / “have a foot in both camps” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “have a foot in both camps” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “have a foot in both camps”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.