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English

1. sb who goes whichever way the wind blows
2. sitting on the fence; literally, "wall-top grass"
3. sb with no mind of their own
4. easily swayed person
5. opportunist

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 歇後語：兩邊擺。草唔受力，牆頭又冇借力之處，風一吹草就會順住風勢傾倒。本來指一啲冇主見嘅人；而家多數指一啲見風駛舵、唯利是圖嘅人，邊一邊形勢好，就幫果一邊。

Examples

• 唔好做牆頭草喇！攞啲主見出嚟好冇？

  Don't sit on the fence! Just make up your own mind, alright?

• 牆頭草，兩面倒。

  Weeds on a wall fall on both sides.

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