- fence-straddling
- nдвойственная политика, компромиссная политика
Politics english-russian dictionary. 2013.
fence-straddling
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fence-strad|dling — «FEHNS STRAD lihng», noun, adjective. U.S. Informal. –n. the attempt to get along with both sides in a controversy: »The motives behind neutrality are noble or realistic according as one views neutralism as a moral force…or as a policy of fence… … Useful english dictionary
sit on the fence — See: ON THE FENCE … Dictionary of American idioms
sit on the fence — See: ON THE FENCE … Dictionary of American idioms
straddle the fence — tv. to support both sides of an issue. □ The mayor is straddling the fence on this issue, hoping the public will forget it. □ The legislator wanted to straddle the fence until the last minute, and that alone cost her a lot of votes … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
shilly-shally — v 1. vacillate, yo yo, seesaw, teeter totter; waver, be indecisive, be irresolute, hesitate, hem and haw; go back and forth, fluctuate, oscillate, alternate, blow hot and cold, tergiversate, straddle the fence. n 2. irresolution, indecision,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
DeLesseps Story Morrison — DeLesseps Story Morrison, Sr. 54th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana In office April 4, 1946 – July 17, 1961 Preceded by Robert Maestri Succeeded by Victor H. Schiro … Wikipedia
ambivalence — Synonyms and related words: Janus, ambiguity, ambitendency, ambivalence of impulse, antinomy, asymmetry, biformity, bifurcation, capriciousness, change of mind, changeableness, conflict, conjugation, decompensation, dichotomy, disproportion,… … Moby Thesaurus
ambivalent — Synonyms and related words: amalgamated, ambiguous, ambitendent, amphibious, antinomic, at loose ends, blended, capricious, changeable, combined, complex, composite, compound, compounded, conflict, conglomerate, contrasting, dappled, double… … Moby Thesaurus
capricious — Synonyms and related words: adrift, afloat, agnostic, aimless, alternating, ambiguous, ambitendent, ambivalent, amorphous, arbitrary, at loose ends, brittle, broken, careening, careless, casual, catchy, chancy, changeable, changeful, changing,… … Moby Thesaurus
change of mind — Synonyms and related words: about face, afterthoughts, ambitendency, ambivalence, amendment, better thoughts, capriciousness, change of allegiance, change of heart, changeableness, double mindedness, dubiety, dubiousness, fence sitting, fence… … Moby Thesaurus
changeable — Synonyms and related words: able to adapt, adaptable, adjustable, adrift, afloat, agnostic, alterable, alterative, altered, alternating, ambiguous, ambitendent, ambivalent, amorphous, at loose ends, better, bland, brittle, capricious, chancy,… … Moby Thesaurus
