Italiano term
Experienced, very creative translator
Native in: Italiano (Variant: Standard-Italy) 
Works in: Da Cinese a Italiano, Da Inglese a Italiano, Da Francese a Italiano
un colpo al cerchio ed uno alla botte
This question is actually more to satisfy my personal curiousity. I'll mark as non-pro but you may change that:)
Thanks
| 3 | run with the hare and hunt with the hounds |
Marco Solinas
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| 4 +1 | fence sitters/sit on the fence |
Giles Watson
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| 3 | to hedge your bets |
James (Jim) Davis
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Dec 25, 2010 00:10: Russell Jones changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): P.L.F. Persio, SYLVY75, Russell Jones
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Proposed translations
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Native in: Inglese , Italiano
Works in: Da Italiano a Inglese, Da Francese a Inglese
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
| nice one!:) |
Seicelle
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Native in: Inglese (Variant: British) 
Works in: Da Italiano a Inglese
to hedge your bets
Italia
L'enogastronomia in un inglese efficace
Native in: Inglese
Works in: Da Italiano a Inglese
fence sitters/sit on the fence
HTH
Giles
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-12-23 20:08:54 GMT)
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@ Fabrizio: "Fence-straddling" is a variation that gives more of an idea of active participation but you could also say such people want to "have it both ways" or "have their cake and eat it". Marco's "running with the hare and hunting with the hounds" sounds good, too.
| agree |
P.L.F. Persio
: sì, un atteggiamento passivo-aggressivo, si potrebbe dire, con una sfumatura adatta a definire l'opportunismo.
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Discussion
nelle proposte che ho ricevuto finora, però, manca il dettaglio importante: il prendere un pò la parte di uno ed un pò dell'altro
Era da noi che si diceva: "Francia o Spagna purché se magna".
All these answers look fine but kind of miss the exact meaning.