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between the devil and the deep blue sea

Translations
между молотом и наковальней
He was caught between the devil and the deep blue sea when she had to choose between two bad options.
Он оказался между молотом и наковальней, когда ей пришлось выбирать между двумя плохими вариантами.
Definitions
A situation where a person is faced with two difficult choices, neither of which is desirable, often implying that one must choose between two unfavorable outcomes.
Words
between

preposition
между
the

article or possessive pronoun
определённый артикль
devil

noun
дьявол
and

conjunction
и
the

article or possessive pronoun
определённый артикль
deep

adjective
глубокое
blue

adjective
синее
sea

noun
море
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