between a rock and a hard place
31between the devil and the deep blue sea — caught in a difficult position, between a rock and a hard place …
32between the devil and the deep sea — caught in a difficult position, between a rock and a hard place …
33rock — rock1 [räk] n. [ME rokke < OFr roche < ML rocca] 1. a large mass of stone forming a peak or cliff 2. a) a large stone detached from the mass; boulder b) broken pieces of any size of such stone c) any stone, large or small …
34between — O.E. betweonum between, among, by turns, Mercian betwinum, from bi by (see BE (Cf. be )) + tweonum dat. pl. of *tweon two each (Cf. Goth. tweih nai two each ). Between a rock and a hard place is from 1940s, originally cowboy slang. Between whi …
35rock — rock1 rockless, adj. rocklike, adj. /rok/, n. 1. a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like. 2. Geol. a. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable… …
36rock — rock1 W2S2 [rɔk US ra:k] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(stone)¦ 2¦(music)¦ 3 (as) solid/steady as a rock 4 be on the rocks 5 scotch/vodka etc on the rocks 6¦(sweet food)¦ 7¦(drug)¦ 8 be (stuck) between a rock and a hard place 9 get your rocks off …
37rock — rock1 [ rak ] noun *** 1. ) uncount the hard solid substance that forms part of the Earth s surface: Rain water flows through soil and porous rock to reach underground streams. We had to dig down through a twelve inch layer of rock. a ) count a… …
38rock — [[t]rɒ̱k[/t]] ♦♦ rocks, rocking, rocked 1) N UNCOUNT Rock is the hard substance which the Earth is made of. The hills above the valley are bare rock... A little way below the ridge was an outcrop of rock that made a rough shelter. 2) N COUNT A… …
39rock — 1 noun 1 STONE a) (U) stone, or a type of stone that forms part of the Earth s surface: To build the tunnel, they had to cut through 500 feet of solid rock. | rock formation (=a shape made naturally from rock): the rock formations of the Arizona… …
40rock — I UK [rɒk] / US [rɑk] noun Word forms rock : singular rock plural rocks *** 1) [uncountable] the hard solid substance that forms part of the Earth s surface Rainwater flows through soil and porous rock to reach underground streams. We had to dig… …
