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- torn between, be
torn between, be
torn between, be
Be distracted by two conflicting choices, be in a dilemma, as in I'm torn between going to the mountains or going to the seashore; each appeals to me . This idiom was first recorded in 1871.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Mansur | | - | Arabic, Turkish, Indonesian |
ÁGota | | - | Hungarian |
Symeon | | - | Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
Bledsoe | | ['bledsəu] | |
Kern | | [kə:n] | |
Katerina | | - | Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman |