run\ with\ the\ hare\ and\ ride\ with\ the\ hounds

run\ with\ the\ hare\ and\ ride\ with\ the\ hounds
• run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
• run with the hare and ride with the hounds
v. phr.
To appear to support both parties in a conflict; to conduct things in ambiguous ways.

Critics accused the king of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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