on the firing line 意味

• 矢面｛やおもて｝に立って、第一線｛だいいっせん｝で
  That politician had been on the firing line and almost started to cry. その政治家は非難の矢面に立ち、ほとんど泣きだしそうだった。
  

例文

1. it seemed that the offers to the other kugyo were one-sided and sudden , many of them were perplexed by the fact that they might be on the firing line between goshirakawa and yoritomo .
   他の公卿についても一方的かつ突然の就任要請だったと見られ、後白河と頼朝の対立の矢面に立たされることに困惑する者も多かったと推測される。