to fail because of trying to do two things at once
неудача из-за попытки сделать две вещи одновременно (neudacha iz-za popytki sdelat' dve veshchi odnovremenno)
"He was caught between two stools—trying to please both his boss and his team."
"Он оказался между двух стульев—пытался угодить и своему начальнику, и своей команде." (On okazalsya **mezhdu dvukh stul'yev**—pytalsya ugodit' i svoemu nachal'niku, i svoey komande.)
the basic practical details of something
to be tough in making a deal or negotiation
to remember something important
to hand over a duty or responsibility to someone else
to wear formal or special clothes
to surprise or impress someone very much
