Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “piggy in the middle“ and its meaning is “a person who gets involved in a difficult situation between two opposing/arguing people”.
Example Sentence: What’s left is a post-Brexit UK global strategy that largely boils down to a risky gamble on expanding relationships with two superpowers that don’t rate or respect Britain and which are fiercely at odds with each other. Johnson is reduced to playing piggy in the middle.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Bullying Xi, predatory Trump: where does Britain turn in a divided world? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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