英语单词“play both ends against the middle”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 play both ends against the middle 释义

play both ends against the middle

idiomtotryto getopposingpeopleorgroupstofightordisagreeso that you will get anadvantagefrom thesituation使对立双方相争以从中得利；使鹬蚌相争

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Opposing & against

• ad hominem
• alienate
• alienated
• antagonism
• antagonistic
• anti-boycott
• antithetical
• insurgent
• nimby
• nimbyism
• non-confidence
• object
• oppositional
• outcry
• protest
• raise
• resistant
• sail against the windidiom
• versus
• virulent

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