between the devil and the deep blue ocean

Übersetzungen
между молотом и наковальней
She was caught between the devil and the deep blue ocean when she had to choose between her career and her family.
Она оказалась между молотом и наковальней, когда ей пришлось выбирать между карьерой и семьей.
Definitionen
This phrase means being faced with two difficult or dangerous choices, where avoiding one leads directly to the other. It is similar in meaning to 'between a rock and a hard place.'
Wörter
between

präposition
между
the

artikel oder possessivpronomen
этим
devil

substantiv
дьяволом
and

konjunktion
и
the

artikel oder possessivpronomen
этим
deep

adjektiv
глубоким
blue

adjektiv
синим
ocean

substantiv
океаном