Meaning Finding it difficult to choose between two alternatives.
Usage Worldwide, but less commonly so that in the past.
Example
- I'd like to go to the game and stay in for the birthday party. I'm between two stools.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Caught between two stools
What does "Caught between two stools" mean?
Finding it difficult to choose between two alternatives.
Caught between two stools
14th century Britain.