TO BE ON THE FENCE

TO BE ON THE FENCE ENG: not able to decide something -I’m sorry! Don’t…It’s just not going to work for me. I have to go. -I don’t understand. -I was on the fence about this, and it’s just not a good fit. -Well, we’ll squeeze you in. -I can’t work here. I have to quit. Have you ever been in a situation when you desperately wanted to buy something, but it was way too expensive? Or maybe it was within your price range, but a few negative reviews threw you off a bit? So now you are on the fence about buying it. If someone straddles the fence, they support both sides of an argument. They refrain from sharing their real opinion and straddle the fence. They won’t pick a side or commit to a decision. You can’t straddle the fence any longer—you need to choose who of these two we need to fire.