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词汇 piggy
释义
piggy
noun the toe. Childish, from the nursery rhyme 'This little piggy went to market, / This little piggy stayed at home' UK, 1984
idiompiggybe piggy in the middle BrEBrEto be in a situation where two people or groups that you are involved with are arguing, and they both want your support:With MPs and Cabinet ministers clashing over the issue of Europe, John Major was trapped as piggy in the middle.Silvia hoped that she would not have to be piggy in the middle between his fiery brother and sister.

piggy in the middle

1. Someone who is placed in the middle of an argument between two other people or groups, and who doesn't want to side with either one of them. Primarily heard in UK. As a kid, I always felt like I was piggy in the middle when my parents started fighting. The infighting at the company has made our department piggy in the middle between the management and the financial team.
2. A children's game in which a ball or other object is kept away from one person by two or more other people. Primarily heard in UK. Whenever my brother's friends are over, the only game they'll play with me is piggy in the middle—and I'm always the piggy!

piggy in the middle

BRITISH
If someone is piggy in the middle, they are involved in a situation where two people or groups are having an argument and they have to deal with or help both sides. I was piggy in the middle, caught between my parents, not wanting to hurt either of them. Note: `Piggy in the middle' is a children's game in which two children throw a ball to each other over the head of a third child who tries to catch it.

(be) pig/piggy in the ˈmiddle

(informal) (be) a person who is caught between two people or groups who are fighting or arguing: Her parents quarrelled a lot, and unfortunately she was always piggy in the middle.
This is the name of a children’s game where two children throw a ball to each other, and a third child in the middle tries to catch it.
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