Caught in the middle

To be “caught in the middle” is to be involved in a disagreement between two or more sides, and you might feel like there isn’t a clear course of action to satisfy either side. This was a lose-lose situation: both halves of the couple wound up poorer, and their kids, friends, and family were often “caught in the middle,” or involved in the disagreement, of an unnecessary fight. She often finds herself “caught in the middle” between two disagreeing bosses.