betwixt and between

Idioms and Phrases

Undecided, midway between two alternatives, neither here nor there. For example, I'm betwixt and between canceling my trip entirely or just postponing it , or Jane is betwixt and between about accepting the offer . The adverb betwixt , originally meaning “by two,” is seldom heard except in this expression, first recorded in 1832.

Example Sentences

The city itself has been stuck betwixt and between.

From Seattle Times

It’s that betwixt and between period, when the light is lowering but you can still get tomatoes and peaches at the market, still get away with short sleeves.

From New York Times

As if to acknowledge that now people often don’t feel they exist unless they exist digitally, and the way we increasingly float in the liminal space betwixt and between.

From New York Times

“I think some places just have more emotions attached to them, and they draw haints to them, like ants going for the sugar bowl. Ghosts are attracted to feelings—sadness and happiness and all the others betwixt and between. They can’t feel like you and I can, so sometimes they cling to the emotions of all the living folks around them, so they can remember.”

From Literature

To mandarins like Virginia Woolf, it was irredeemably middlebrow; she referred to it as the “Betwixt and Between Company.”

From New York Times