between rock and hard place
左右为难,举步维艰,艰难困苦
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Definitions
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- : a large mass of stone forming a hill, cliff, promontory, or the like.
- : Geology. mineral matter of variable composition, consolidated or unconsolidated, assembled in masses or considerable quantities in nature, as by the action of heat or water.a particular kind of such matter: igneous rock.
- : stone in the mass: buildings that stand upon rock.
- : a stone of any size.
- : something resembling or suggesting a rock.
- : curling stone: Regulation weight is verified for each rock before the curling match can begin.
- : a firm foundation or support: The Lord is my rock.
- : Chiefly British. a kind of hard candy, variously flavored.
- : rock candy.
- : rocks .Informal. ice cubes for use in a beverage: He usually orders a whiskey without rocks.
- : Often rocks .Slang. a piece of money.a dollar bill.
- : Slang. a diamond.any gem.
- : Slang. crack. a pellet or lump of crack.
Phrases
- rock bottom
- rocks in one's head, have
- rock the boat
- between a rock and a hard place
- on the rocks
- steady as a rock
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In an earlier experiment, I showed that sugar seed crystals are important for making rock candy.
She was confident, she was outspoken, she was kind of the queen of the underground New York rock music scene.
Those wingbeats also caused bodies of the tiny, coiled shell species and the midsize, long shell snails to rock back and forth as they swam.
They are very similar to the rocks that may have formed our planet billions of years ago.
This 14-inch rocking pizza cutter will give you restaurant quality cut slices.
The atmosphere on campuses has gotten repressive enough that comedian Chris Rock no longer plays colleges.
And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
My ball bounced back and the rock rolled just a little bit forward.
I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
Yes, it was a fairly disappointing year in music—one devoid of Goth teen prodigies, Yeezy, and galvanizing rock anthems.
The offspring of the ungodly shall not bring forth many branches, and make a noise as unclean roots upon the top of a rock.
There lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
When she heard it there came before her imagination the figure of a man standing beside a desolate rock on the seashore.
It was a pretty house, stood a little apart from the forge, and was called Rock Villa.
Between each group of figures the face of the rock was scored with mysterious signs and rudely limned weapons of war and chase.