磨石

dào le jìn dài ā fù hàn yòu chéng wéi yīng guó yǔ é luó sī liǎng kuài mó shí zhī jiān de yī lì xiǎo mài

到了近代，阿富汗又成为英国与俄罗斯两块磨石之间的一粒小麦。

By modern times, Afghanistan became a tiny wheat between two grinding stones between England and Russia.