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между Сциллой и Харибдой

stresses
gen. between the devil and the deep blue sea; between the devil and the deep sea; between a rock and a hard place; between Scylla and Charybdis (Yesterday he quarrelled with his wife, today he did it with his mother, and now he is between Scylla and Charybdis)
fig.of.sp. between Scylla and Charybdis (между двух огней)
fig.of.sp., context. on the horns of a dilemma (это выражение хорошо передает смысл и вместе с тем принадлежит к книжному стилю aza); between the devil and the deep blue sea (He had a dilemma on his hands. He was clearly between the devil and the deep blue sea. Val_Ships)
досл.: "между утёсом и жёстким местом" между Сциллой и Харибдой
gen. between the devil and the deep blue sea
между Сциллой и Харибдой
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