you can't sit in two chairs at the same time

proverb You cannot do or accomplish multiple things simultaneously, so you must choose what is most important to you to pursue. Possibly from Yiddish. The Prime Minister will have to make a decision on how to deal with this soon. You can't sit in two chairs at the same time. Look, either be with me here, or go take the job in London. It's your choice, but you can't sit in two chairs at the same time.

词组	you can't sit in two chairs at the same time
释义	you can't sit in two chairs at the same time you can't sit in two chairs at the same time proverb You cannot do or accomplish multiple things simultaneously, so you must choose what is most important to you to pursue. Possibly from Yiddish. The Prime Minister will have to make a decision on how to deal with this soon. You can't sit in two chairs at the same time. Look, either be with me here, or go take the job in London. It's your choice, but you can't sit in two chairs at the same time. See also: chair, same, sit, time, two Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: teach a man to fish it takes a village village change horses in midstream, don't a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words actions speak louder than words best-laid plans go astray, the the best-laid plans the best-laid plans go astray the best-laid plans of mice and men
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