torn between Idioma
torn between, be
torn between, be Be distracted by two conflicting choices, be in a dilemma, as in
I'm torn between going to the mountains or going to the seashore; each appeals to me. This idiom was first recorded in 1871.
torn amid (people or things)
Equally accountable to accept amid two altered people, things, or actions. I'm broken amid the red dress and the dejected one—which do you anticipate looks bigger on me? Her action larboard me activity broken amid my commitments to my ancestors and my admiration to go out and see the world.Learn more: between, torntorn amid (someone and addition else)
and torn amid something and something elseFig. ambiguous whether to accept one or the other. I don't apperceive which to take. I'm broken amid Fred and Alice. I'm broken amid red and green.Learn more: between, torn