Sit on the Fence
What it means
Refuse to take a side, usually while both sides wait for you to.
Where it comes from
The image is a farmer perched on the boundary between two fields, belonging to neither. American political writers were using it as an insult by the 1820s, and have not stopped.
The puzzle it came from
Sit on the Fence was the answer to the Phrasicle of April 18, 2025. The clue read ____ on the ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.
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big
bad
blood
red
velvet
skin
care
package
deal
breaker
picket
fence
post
office
space
tree
house
sit
still
life
Phrasicle: Sit on the Fence