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a piggy in the middle

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夾在爭吵雙方中間而處境為難的人；處於對立雙方之間而無能為力的人。

例句：
John's mother and his wife are always arguing violently, and he is a piggy in the middle and usually suffers the effects of their disagreement. (約翰的母親和他太太婆媳不和，老是激烈爭吵，而他夾在中間處境為難，經常吃苦頭)

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延伸閱讀：

  1. 前不著村，後不著店
  2. work like a dog/horse/slave
  3. the elephant in the room
  4. watch someone or something like a hawk
  5. like a lamb to the slaughter
  6. run (a)round like a scalded cat; run (a)round like a blue-arsed fly

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