Running with hare and hunting with horn

Posted by James Briggs on March 16, 2005

In Reply to: Running with hare and hunting with horn posted by nupur on March 16, 2005

: hi,
: can you please tell me the meaning of the phrase.

: nupur

The phrase is actually "Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds".
It means trying to support two opposing causes/aims at the same time - clearly very difficult or impossible.