between

between (someone or something) and (someone or something else)

1. Of a choice, restricted to two available people, things, actions, etc. We have to choose between the candidate with the most experience and the one with the most qualifications. It looks like I'll have to pick between sleeping and finishing this research paper tonight.

2. Of a communication, existing or intended to remain solely between two parties. Between you and me, I heard that Greg is going to get the promotion. Yeah, the rumor is true, but let's keep that between me and you.

3. Of an interaction, reciprocally involving or concerning the two parties named. At lunchtime, a fight broke out between Scott and the school bully.

4. Indicating the negative cumulative impact or effect of two people or things. Between the stress of work and the demands of my kids at home, I just feel like I don't have anything left for myself at the end of the day.

between someone

and someone else and between something and something else

Fig. [of a choice] existing between a selection of people or a selection of things. The choice is between Fred and Jill. It's between chocolate cake and cherry pie.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

See:

(just) between you and me
a fine line
a fine line between something
a hedge between keeps friendship green
a thin line between love and hate
allocate (something) between (someone or something)
allocate to
alternate between
alternate between (people or things)
apples and oranges, like comparing
arbitrate between
bad blood
be a go-between
be few and far between
be little love lost between (two people)
be no love lost between (two people)
be not much between the ears
be torn between
between
between (someone or something) and (someone or something else)
between a rock and a hard place
between dog and wolf
between hawk and buzzard
between hay and grass
between jobs
between life and death
between ourselves
between projects
between Scylla and Charybdis
between the devil and the deep blue sea
between the hammer and the anvil
between the jigs and the reels
between the pipes
between the sheets
between the sticks
between the/(one's) ears
between two fires
between two stools, one falls to the ground
between wind and water
between you and me
between you and me and the bedpost
between you and me and the bedpost/gatepost/four walls/lamppost
between you me and the bedpost
between you, (and) me, and the bedpost
between you, (and) me, and the gatepost
between you, me and the bedpost
between you, me and the gatepost
between you, me, and the bedpost
between you, me, and the lamppost
between you, me, and these four walls
between your ears
betwixt and between
caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
caught between two stools
choice between (of) two evils, a
choose between (two people or things)
choose between two people or things
come between
come between (two or more people)
commute between (places)
commute between places
decide between
decide between (someone or something)
differentiate between
differentiate between (someone or something)
discern between (someone or something) and (someone or something)
discern between and
discriminate between
discriminate between (someone or something)
draw a line between
draw a line between (two things)
draw the line between and else Go to draw a line between
drive a wedge between
drive a wedge between (someone or something)
drive a wedge between A and B
drive a wedge between someone and someone
drive between
fall between
fall between (two things)
fall between the cracks
fall between two stools
few and far between
fluctuate between
fluctuate between (something) and (something)
get between
get between (someone or something)
get the bit between (one's) teeth
get the bit between your teeth
get/take the bit between your teeth
go between
go between the bark and the tree
go between the moon and the milkman
have nothing between the/(one's) ears
have the bit between (one's) teeth
hit (one) (right) between the eyes
hit between the eyes
hover between
hover between (something) and (something else)
in between
in between times
in-between
insert between
insert between (two things)
interpose (one, oneself, or something) between (someone or something)
interpose between people or things
intersperse (something) between (something)
intersperse between
intervene between
intervene between (multiple people)
judge between
judge between (someone or something) (and someone or something else)
keep it between the ditches
little love lost between (two people)
mediate between
migrate between (some place or sth) and (some place or sth else)
migrate between some place and some place else
no love lost between (two people)
no love lost between them, there's
not have much between the ears
oscillate between
oscillate between (two people or things)
ply between
put some distance between
put some distance between (someone or something)
put some distance between someone and someone/something
read between the lines
read between the lines, to
run away with (one's) tail between (one's) legs
run between
run between (someone or something)
sandwich (someone or something) between (someone or something else)
sandwich between
slip between the cracks
somewhere between
split between
split between (two or more people or things)
stand between
stand between (someone or something) and (someone or something)
step between
step between (someone or something)
tail between one's legs, with one's
take the bit between (one's) teeth
take the bit between the teeth
take the bit between the teeth, to
take the bit in one's mouth
take the bit in teeth
tear between
tell the difference between
tell the difference between (someone or something)
there is a fine line between
there is a fine line between (something) and (something else)
there is bad blood between
there is no daylight between (two things)
there is no love lost between (two people)
there's little to choose between (two people or things)
there's no love lost between
there's no love lost between A and B
there's not much to choose between (two people or things)
there's nothing to choose between (two people or things)
there's nothing, not much, etc. to choose between A and B
too few and far between
torn between
torn between (people or things)
torn between, be
tread a fine line between (something)
tread a thin line between (something)
vacillate between
vacillate between (one person or thing) and (another)
vary between
vary between (someone or something)
vary between (someone or something) and (someone or something else)
walk a fine line between (something)
walk a fine line between something
walk on a thin line between (something) and (something else)
waver between
waver between (someone or something) and (someone or something else)
wedge between (someone or something)
wedge between people or things
What's (something) between friends?
what's... between friends?
with (one's) tail between (one's) legs
with one's tail between one's legs, (to go off with)
with tail between legs
with your tail between your legs

词组	between
释义	between between (someone or something) and (someone or something else) 1. Of a choice, restricted to two available people, things, actions, etc. We have to choose between the candidate with the most experience and the one with the most qualifications. It looks like I'll have to pick between sleeping and finishing this research paper tonight. 2. Of a communication, existing or intended to remain solely between two parties. Between you and me, I heard that Greg is going to get the promotion. Yeah, the rumor is true, but let's keep that between me and you. 3. Of an interaction, reciprocally involving or concerning the two parties named. At lunchtime, a fight broke out between Scott and the school bully. 4. Indicating the negative cumulative impact or effect of two people or things. Between the stress of work and the demands of my kids at home, I just feel like I don't have anything left for myself at the end of the day. See also: and, between, something Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. between someone and someone else and between something and something else Fig. [of a choice] existing between a selection of people or a selection of things. The choice is between Fred and Jill. It's between chocolate cake and cherry pie. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. 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随便看	flecked with (something) fleck (something) with (something) fleck with fled flee fleece flee from flee from (someone or something) fleeting fleeting glance flee to fleet of foot flee to (something) flesh flesh and blood flesh and blood, I'm only/one's own flesh out flesh-presser flew flex flexed out of shape flexible flexible friend flex muscles flex (one's) muscle(s)