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Jimmy Hung
2022-03-31 12:03
Piggy in the middle British noun uncountable
A children's game in which two players throw a ball over the head of someone trying to catch it.
I used to play the game, piggy in the middle when I was a child.
Someone who finds themselves in the middle of an argument between two people or groups and refuses to take sides.
My parents is quarreling. I don't want to be a piggy in the middle, so I leave as fast as possible.
Sometimes I'm like a piggy in the middle when my two younger brothers fight. I don't want to hurt both of them.
The phrase is of unknown derivation.
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People are always inclined to flatter or please a rich man by laughing at his joke which may not be a very good one.
Everyone at the table always flatter the boss by praising his humor. A rich man's jokes are always funny.
