be the meat in the sandwich

(British & Australian)

to be in a difficult situation because you are the friend of two people who are arguing I grew up with my parents continually yelling at each other so I was the meat in the sandwich.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lydia	LID-ee-ə (English), LUY-dee-ah (German, Finnish)	English, German, Finnish, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Kulap	-	Thai
Nataliya	nah-TAH-lee-yah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian
Tierney	TEER-nee	Irish, English (Rare)
Giacinto	jah-CHEEN-to	Italian
Helga	HEL-gah (German), HEL-gaw (Hungarian)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Ancient Scandinavian