be the meat in the sandwich

We are the meat in the sandwich for a Third World War.

"But it is frustrating to always be the meat in the sandwich, particularly in an election year."

"Because the ad agency is the meat in the sandwich between giant consumer products companies and giant media companies.

Allowed herself to be the meat in the sandwich or, more aptly perhaps, in the circumstances, the butter on the smørrebrød?

Suddenly he was the meat in the sandwich, the buffer between Boyce, Mannering and the residents of the village.

"We are the meat in the sandwich, caught in a fight between I.A.A.F. and I.O.C.," Knight said before Samaranch had announced his decision.

Then the lead car veered into the left-hand lane and now the Opel was the meat in the sandwich, boxed in on three sides, the tail car crowding it as though it was attached.

The glance of astonishment Feargal gave her should have made her back off, but she was so thoroughly fed up with this family, with being the meat in the sandwich of everyone's feud, that she ignored him.