between a rock and a hard place
21between a rock and a hard place — between a difficult situation and one that is even more difficult, no simple answers, no easy choices …
22between a rock and a hard place — informal faced with two equally difficult alternatives. → rock …
23between the rock and the hard place — noun see rock VI, 2 …
24between a rock and a hard place — idi between undesirable alternatives …
25between a rock and a hard place — Meaning In difficulty, with two unsatisfactory options available. Origin US origin, earliest known printed reference is Dialect Notes V, 1921 …
26put between a rock and a hard place — place in a dilemma, put in a difficult situation …
27between the devil and the deep blue sea — or {literary}[between two fires] or[between a rock and a hard place] {adv. phr.} Between two dangers or difficulties, not knowing what to do. * /The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged; they were between the devil and the… …
28between the devil and the deep blue sea — or {literary}[between two fires] or[between a rock and a hard place] {adv. phr.} Between two dangers or difficulties, not knowing what to do. * /The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged; they were between the devil and the… …
29Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea — is an idiom meaning a dilemma i.e., to choose between two undesirable situations (equivalent to between a rock and a hard place ). Its original meaning may be that of a nautical reference citing the deep blue sea and a devil a seam (where two… …
30between the hammer and the anvil — adverb Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary. Yet for a time the nation was again placed between the democracy of the levellers and the despotism of the Stuarts, between the hammer and the… …