monkey in the middle (English, noun)
expansion: monkey in the middle (countable and uncountable, plural monkeys in the middle)
Senses:
qualifier: children's games
glosses: A children's game in which two players keep an object away from a third player (who is in between them) by throwing it past that player.
tags: uncountable
glosses: The third player in that game.
tags: countable
glosses: A middleman, particularly in a difficult spot or situation.
tags: broadly
countable
figuratively
Forms:
form: monkeys in the middle
tags: plural