on the fence

English

Prepositional phrase

on the fence

1. Undecided; wavering in one's opinion.

   I am still on the fence about which way to vote.

   • 2017 May 22, Olga Khazan, “How People Decide Whether to Have Children”, in The Atlantic‎^[1]:

     The letter was from a 41-year-old man who was also on the fence about kids: “Things like quiet, free time, spontaneous travel, pockets of non-obligation,” he wrote. “I really value them.”

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on,‎ the,‎ fence.

Derived terms

• sit on the fence

Translations

Translations

• German: in Zweispalt
• Indonesian: bagai air di daun talas
• Malay: bagai air di daun keladi, bagai air di daun talas
• Polish: no equivalent term in Polish, but see na dwoje babka wróżyła (pl), stać pod znakiem zapytania