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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Pony between two elephants.
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I read a sentence in an article, I want to know the meaning of a phrase in this sentence.
"The people of Country X have long dismissed their country as "a pony between two elephants", that is country Y and country Z. They consider their country as a pony struck between two elephants. The two neighbours X and Y have sometimes squeezed and sometimes helped the country X "
I understand this as some local phrase/idiom translated into English. As I have understood it could mean a small/weak country which is positioned geographically between two giant countries. And the two giant neighbours have sometimes been friendly and sometimes hostile towards this landlocked, small country.
I want to know whether any such phrase exists in English, if not, please tell me whether the intended meaning is right in my perspective.
Thank you
I read a sentence in an article, I want to know the meaning of a phrase in this sentence.
"The people of Country X have long dismissed their country as "a pony between two elephants", that is country Y and country Z. They consider their country as a pony struck between two elephants. The two neighbours X and Y have sometimes squeezed and sometimes helped the country X "
I understand this as some local phrase/idiom translated into English. As I have understood it could mean a small/weak country which is positioned geographically between two giant countries. And the two giant neighbours have sometimes been friendly and sometimes hostile towards this landlocked, small country.
I want to know whether any such phrase exists in English, if not, please tell me whether the intended meaning is right in my perspective.
Thank you
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Ramkryp it could mean a small/weak country which is positioned geographically between two giant countries. And the two giant neighbours have sometimes been friendly and sometimes hostile towards this landlocked, small country. You got it - that's exactly what it means .
- Ramkryp it could mean a small/weak country which is positioned geographically between two giant countries.
- And the two giant neighbours have sometimes been friendly and sometimes hostile towards this landlocked, small country.
- You got it - that's exactly what it means .
- Ramkryp I want to know whether any such phrase exists in English - Not that I am aware of, but that does not mean there isn't one.
- There is the expression "to be stuck between a rock and a hard place", which sort of fits, but it lacks the geographic aspect.
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Ramkrypit could mean a small/weak country which is positioned geographically between two giant countries. And the two giant neighbours have sometimes been friendly and sometimes hostile towards this landlocked, small country. You got it - that's exactly what it means.
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