做zou6磨mo4心sam1

English

1. to be the middleman; to be someone suffering because of the contradictory interests of two parties; to be someone who is loathed by both sides
2. to find oneself in the unenviable position of trying to mediate between conflicting groups of people

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 比喻處於為難嘅境況，難以處理各方唔和諧嘅關係

Examples

• 朋友呢排返工都做緊磨心，好難抽身。

  My friend is stuck in the middle of conflicts at work, and it's hard to get out of the mess.

• 佢喺班入面人緣好，但係亦因為咁，每當同學之間有矛盾，佢往往就夾咗喺中間做磨心。

  He/She has good relationship with everyone in the class. However, this is also the reason why he/she gets stuck in the middle of conflicts between classmates.