Fall between two stools
两头落空
🧩 词语组成解析
fall
[fɔl]
v. 落下;跌倒;减少;沦陷;
n. 落下;瀑布;秋天;减少;
between
[bɪ'twin]
prep. 在…之间;私下，暗中;在…中任择其一;来往于…之间;
adv. 当中，中间;
two
[tu]
n. 两个;两个东西;两点钟;一对;
adj. 两个的;我同;
num. 两个;第二;二;
n. 凳子；托架（stool的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
He's gone for the day.
他整天都不在。
Time is money, but money is not time.
时间就是金钱，但金钱不是时间。
People change, but they don't suddenly chnge from being right-handed to being left-handed.
人会变，但他们不会从惯用右手而突然转变成左撇子的。