Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Between the devil and the deep blue sea
between the devil and the deep blue sea
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1.
between the devil and the deep sea в безвыходном положении; меж двух огней; между Сциллой и Харибдой ...Англо-русский словарь идиом
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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 deep blue sea./ * /The boy was between a rock and a hard place; he had to go home and be whipped or stay in town all night and be picked up by the police./ * /When the man's wife and her mother got together, he was between two fires./ Compare: COMING AND GOING(2), IN A BIND. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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