caught in the crossfire
If you say that someone or something is caught in the crossfire, you mean
that they suffer the unpleasant effects of a disagreement between other
people even though they are not involved in it themselves.
* Plans for the National Gallery's much-needed extension were caught in the
crossfire of the architectural debate on the merits of modernism.
* Britain is only one of the victims caught in the crossfire as the German
mark continues to gain streng
