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Aneurin Bevan

(1897—1960), Observer (9 December 1953)

We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

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Aneurin Bevan

(1897-1960) British politician, Virtue is its own punishment. www.english-slang.com

middle of the road

[middle of the road] {n. phr.} A way of thinking which does not favor one idea or thing too much; being halfway between two different ideas. * /The teacher did […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

middle-of-the-road

[middle-of-the-road] {adj.} Favoring action halfway between two opposite movements or ideas; with ideas halfway between two opposite sides; seeing good on both sides. * /The men who wrote the Constitution […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[road] See: [ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME], [BURN UP THE ROAD], [END OF THE ROAD], [GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD], [HIT THE ROAD], [HUG THE ROAD], [MIDDLE OF THE […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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