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between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place
between a rock and a hard place
English
Prepositional phrase
between a rock and a hard place
- (idiomatic, US) To be bankrupt.
- (idiomatic) To be in a difficult and inescapable position.
- (idiomatic) Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.
- 1970, David Sim, "Tangent":
- Husbands, it seems to me, are caught between the Rock of Feminism and the Hard Place of their own marriages […]
- 2008 Sept. 11, Eric Dash and Geraldine Fabrikant, "Washington Mutual stock falls on investor fears", New York Times (retrieved 24 Aug 2012):
- If Washington Mutual needs to raise capital quickly, it will very likely find itself between a rock and a hard place, because credit markets have all but closed their doors to troubled banks.
- 1970, David Sim, "Tangent":
Synonyms
- (facing an unpleasant choice): (caught) between the devil and the deep blue sea, between Scylla and Charybdis, be on the horns of a dilemma
Translations
between a rock and a hard place
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