between 1. prep. между between the cup and the lip a morsel may slip prov. - не радуйся раньше времени between the devil and the deep sea - в безвыходном положении; между двух огней between hay and grass - ни то ни се; ни рыба ни мясо between ourselves, between you and me (and the bedpost) - между нами, конфиденциально between times, between whiles - в промежутках between this and then - на досуге; между делом between wind and water - в наиболее уязвимом месте
