fence-sit | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic,rare)Tosit on the fence(to remain neutral on a certain topic).1980, Jane Adamson,OthelloAs Tragedy: Some Problems of Judgement and Feeling, Cambridge:Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page12:My point, therefore, in beginning with what everyone knows are the two main views of Othello (and henceOthello) is not to adjudicate between them, nor to dismiss both, nor tofence-sit, but to suggest that each answers to something important in the play – which also means that each underestimates something important as well.

Examples:

EN: Liberal Democrats will try to force him left. Moderate Republicans will fence-sit as long as they can.
ES: Habrá demócratas que intentarán que vaya hacia la izquierda, republicanos moderados que querrán llevarlo a su terreno si pueden... tú eres quién va a hacer que funcione.

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