caught between two stools (caught between two stools)

Idiom Difficulty

意味

to fail because of trying to do two things at once

二つのことを同時にやろうとして失敗する (futatsu no koto o dōji ni yarō to shite shippai suru)

例文

"He was caught between two stools—trying to please both his boss and his team."

"彼は二つの椅子の間に挟まれていた—上司とチーム両方を喜ばせようとしていた。" (Kare wa **futatsu no isu no aida ni hasamarete ita**—jōshi to chīmu ryōhō o yorokobaseyō to shite ita.)