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milli_tveggja_elda

milli tveggja elda

Icelandic

Adverb

milli tveggja elda

  1. between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place
    Ungverjaland var milli tveggja elda í síðari heimsstyrjöldinni.
    Hungary was between the devil and the deep sea in WWII.

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Etymology

From the preposition milli ‎(“between”) + tveggja the genitive plural of tveir ‎(“two”) + elda the genitive plural of eldur ‎(“fire”). Literally meaning "between two fires".

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