Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is run with the hare and hunt with the hounds and it is a phrase meaning “try to support both sides of an argument/conflict/dispute”.
Example Sentence: Part of the problem for India arises from the attempt to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds in foreign policy. Thus, the flip flops (reversal of policy/strategy) on Afghanistan, Nepal, BRICS, the Quad, Iran, and now on the Ukraine war launched by Russia, have devalued India’s reputation to levels well below its ‘military strike hard power’ and ‘huge population soft power’.
This phrase is present in The Hindu article India’s stand on the Ukraine war is tragic and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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