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fall between two stools

idiom

To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.


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  1. 01

    beast with two backs

    Two people united in sexual intercourse in the missionary position.

  2. 02

    eat for two

    To be pregnant

  3. 03

    fall apart

    To be emotionally in crisis.

  4. 04

    fall around

    To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.

  5. 05

    fall asleep

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

  6. 06

    fall at the last hurdle

    To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.

  7. 07

    fall behind

    To be late (for a regular event)

  8. 08

    fall between the cracks

    To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.

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