work both sides of the street
- work both sides of the street
to serve people with conflicting interests
To
work a street was to attempt to sell goods from door to door, not always honestly, as different from to
work the streets:
For years he'd been a Mr Fixit, working both sides of the street. (Deighton, 1988)
How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms.
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2014.
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