"tenere un piede in due staffe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Italian]

Forms: tenére un piede in due staffe [canonical], tèngo un piede in due staffe [first-person, present, singular], ténni un piede in due staffe [first-person, historic, past, singular], tènni un piede in due staffe [first-person, historic, past, singular], tenùto un piede in due staffe [participle, past], terrò un piede in due staffe [first-person, future, singular], avére [auxiliary]
Etymology: Literally, “to hold one foot in two stirrups”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to hold one foot in two stirrups}} “to hold one foot in two stirrups”, {{lit|to hold one foot in two stirrups}} Literally, “to hold one foot in two stirrups” Head templates: {{it-verb|a/@}} tenére un piede in due staffe (first-person singular present tèngo un piede in due staffe, first-person singular past historic ténni un piede in due staffe or tènni un piede in due staffe, past participle tenùto un piede in due staffe, first-person singular future terrò un piede in due staffe, auxiliary avére)
  1. to hold with the hare and run with the hounds
    Sense id: en-tenere_un_piede_in_due_staffe-it-verb-utH-9UCV Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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