sich ständig selbst widersprechen, seine Meinung andauernd ändern
an alternation of two opposite things, for example hot and cold, good cop bad cop, zigzag, up and down, happy one minute and sad the next
said when someone wants to satisfy two opposing parties for their own interest; run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
eş: Bogu służ, a diabła nie gniewaj
köken: Literally, “a candle for the Lord and a candle-stump for the devil”.
To shift, move about, rise and fall, come and go, rock from side to side. · To waver, vacillate, have mood shifts, (of somebody’s mood, emotions and opinions) to change unpredictably, suddenly or rapidly (in a continuous manner).
çekim: geçmiş ailahdellut · şimdiki ailahtelee · ulaç ailahteleva
köken: From ailahtaa + -ella.
aile: ailahteleva, ailahtelevainen, ailahteleminen, ailahtelu
to fall between two stools, keep in with both parties, to sit on two stools, to wear two hats, to ride two horses with one ass
çekim: ortaç duābus sellīs sessus · şimdiki duābus sellīs sedet · ulaç duābus sellīs sedēns
köken: Literally, “to sit on two saddles”. Compare the Icelandic bera kápuna á báðum öxlum (“to carry the coat on both shoulders”).
to be swinging, to be wobbling · to hesitate, to dither, to vacillate (to be uncertain or hesitant about something)
çekim: geçmiş none · ortaç колеба́л се · şimdiki колеба́е се · ulaç колеба́ещ се
köken: Inherited from Old Church Slavonic колѣбати сѧ (kolěbati sę), from Proto-Slavic *kolěbati sę.
aile: колеба́ем, колеба́телен, колебли́в, непоко́лебим, заколеба́я се, заколеба́вам се, поколеба́я се, поколеба́вам се, разколеба́я се, разколеба́вам се
to blow hot and cold, to waver, to vacillate, to change one's opinion often
köken: Literally, “to bear the coat on both shoulders”. Compare the Latin duābus sellīs sedeō (“I sit on two chairs”).