verb/me.na.ʒe la ʃɛvʁ e l(ə) ʃu/
to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds; to keep both parties sweet; to tread a fine line
Related: chèvrechoutisme, chèvrechoutiste
Literally, “to go easy both on the goat and the cabbage”, two goals that are contradictory since goats eat cabbage. Compare Dutch de kool en de geit sparen. A similar opposition between goat and cabbage is also found in Finnish pukki kaalimaan vartijana.