To secretly support or manipulate both sides of a conflict for personal gain.
Секретная поддержка или манипуляция обеими сторонами конфликта ради личной выгоды. (sekretnaya podderzhka ili manipulyatsiya obeymi storonami konflikta radi lichnoy vygody.)
"The ambassador was accused of playing both sides in the negotiations."
"Посол был обвинен в игре на обеих сторонах на переговорах." (Posol byl obvinyon v **igre na obeikh storonakh** na peregovorakh.)
To narrowly escape or achieve something by a very small marg...
a person who is dangerously or foolishly creative or obsesse...
To try to make the best possible impression
it is your turn to make a decision or take action
an attempt to obtain sensitive information by deceit
used to say that something is unlikely to happen
