Between a rock and a hard place
English
Description
- In a difficult and inescapable position.
- Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.
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Equivalents
This is how you express this idiom across languages and locales.
- بين المطرقة والسندانArabic
- puun ja kuoren välissäFinnish
- בין הפטיש והסדןHebrew
