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[sid'et' m'ezhdu dvukh stlil'yev]
To sit between two chairs.
To try to adhere to two different, irreconcilable points of view: to try to keep the favour of both sides in a dispute.
Cf. To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; to play a double game.