(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
Libra (constellation); the Scales
to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
Libra (7th zodiacal sign); the Scales
to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
analytical balance; direct reading balance
intrusive person; being intrusive; (lit.) a tinker's shoulder pole
pressing the top of a pickle vat by hanging a weight on a staff, used as a lever (in Kyoto suguki pickle making)
(sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole