English Dictionary

piggy in the middle

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞 広義

A game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual. / (by extension) Keeping something between one's own group, away from others.

日本語の意味

子供の遊びで、一人が中央に位置し、両側からパスされるボールを奪われないように防ぐゲーム / 比喩的に、自分たちのグループ内で物事を閉じ込め、他者に渡らないようにする状況や状態

During recess, the children spent an hour playing piggy in the middle, passing the ball quickly to keep it away from the lone catcher.

休み時間に子どもたちは1時間、ボールを素早く回して自分たちのグループ内に保ち、相手から遠ざける遊びをして過ごした。

意味（1）

A game where one group has to keep an object, normally a ball, within their group and away from another group or individual.

意味（2）

(by extension) Keeping something between one's own group, away from others.

意味（3）

(countable) A person caught in an awkward situation between two other people.

Millions of us who work in companies of all sizes are piggies in the middle. We are trussed up, torn between the old and the new, and just trying to make things work.

piggies in the middle （ plural ）