you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
You can't have it both ways.
hare
UK /hɛə/ US /hɛɚ/
name 5noun 3verb 2adj 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
bare, behind, delicious, old, polar, timid
VERB + HARE
bear, catch, chasing, desire, exciting, runs, saw
HARE + NOUN
carrot, carrots, cook, hedgehog, leopard, man, reputation, soup
PREP.
across, from, in, with, with
ADV.
mildly, then
Definitions
noun
1
Any of several plant-eating mammals of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears.
The hare has a reputation for exciting desire. Hare soup is credited with a particular aphrodisiac value.
2
The meat from this animal.
Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.
Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.
3
The player in a paperchase, or hare and hounds game, who leaves a trail of paper to be followed.
verb
1
To move swiftly.
But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
Desperate, Kim hurls his phone overarm at the creature's forehead. It's a solid chunk of metal and it's a dead hit. Grey reels backwards and cracks his skull against the wall. By the time he recovers, Kim is out of sight, haring away down the left corridor, just echoing, fading footsteps on concrete.
verb
1
To excite; to tease, or worry; to harry.
To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticat
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
hold with the hare and run with the hounds
To oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite.
Well, if you ask me, Pastor Hawkins is trying to hold with the hare and run with the hounds by opposing casino gambling when his church operates a bingo game every Thursday night.
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
To support both sides of an argument.
first catch your hare
Make sure you have a thing before you decide what to do with it.
Have you never thought of marrying again? […] Mr. Gibson had thought of this advice several times since it was given; but it was a case of "first catch your hare." Where was the "s
start a fresh hare
To divert a discussion or argument from its conclusion.
Like a huntsman who, for the sake of a better run, should outrace his quarry, or who, seeing that the dogs were close upon the hare, should, in order to prolong the chase, start a
Example Bank
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The hare has a reputation for exciting desire. Hare soup is credited with a particular aphrodisiac value.
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Ashe bit absent-mindedly into a piece of hare and swore mildly when he burned his tongue.
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Hare is another delicious meat – it’s more ‘steaky’, darker and richer than rabbit.
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But Wales somehow snaffled possession for fly-half Jones to send half-back partner Mike Phillips haring away with Stoddart in support.
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Desperate, Kim hurls his phone overarm at the creature's forehead. It's a solid chunk of metal and it's a dead hit. Grey reels backwards and cracks his skull against the wall. By the time he recovers,
Wiktionary06
To hare and rate them thus at every turn, is not to teach them, but to vex, and torment them to no purpoſe.
WiktionaryUsage Notes
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