between scylla and charybdis
/sil-uh/US // ˈsɪl ə //UK // (ˈsɪlə) //
在“锡拉”和“查里伯狄斯”之间
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Modern name Scilla. a rock in the Strait of Messina off the S coast of Italy.
- : Classical Mythology. a sea nymph who was transformed into a sea monster: later identified with the rock Scylla.Compare Charybdis.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as inbetween the devil and the deep blue sea
Synonyms
catch-22二十二点,二十二点钟hobson's choice霍布森的选择,霍布森之选,霍布森选择,霍布森的抉择between a rock and a hard place左右为难,举步维艰,进退两难,进退维谷between the hammer and the anvil锤子和砧板之间,锤子和铁砧之间,锤子和砧子之间,锤子与砧子之间between two fires两火之间,双火之间,二火之间,夹缝中的火cornered被逼无奈,走投无路,被逼入绝境,被逼无奈的in a dilemma进退两难,进退维谷,进退不得,左右为难in a pickle陷入困境,陷入窘境,陷入僵局,陷入困境的in a predicament窘迫,窘境中,窘迫中,窘迫的处境
Examples
“Bernanke was actually an exception,” says Richard Scylla, the eminent New York University financial historian.
Meanwhile many ordinary Egyptians will find themselves back at square one, caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
Yes; and rather easy in avoiding Scylla to fall into Charybdis.
But escaping Scylla she fell into Charybdis; her uncanny practices came to the ears of the authorities, and she was apprehended.
It is the part of fools to fall upon Scylla in striving to avoid Charybdis.
The ancients would have represented it as a sea-monster with open jaws, more terrible than Scylla and Charybdis.
The channel remains to-day just as it ever did, with Scylla and Charybdis presiding over their rocks as of old.
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