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| catch-22 situation (Anglophile); no way out (pfedorov); impasse (a difficult situation in which no progress can be made because the people involved cannot agree what to do Syn: deadlock Х to break/end the impasse Х Negotiations have reached an impasse. OALD Alexander Demidov); deadlock (Alexander Demidov); a no-win situation (m_rakova); a lose-lose situation (m_rakova) | |||
| tight corner | |||
| dead-end (Val_Ships); no-win situation (It looked like a no-win situation for everyone involved. Val_Ships) | |||
| catch-22s | |||
| circle of despair (trismegist) | |||
| catch-22 | |||
| FUBAR (wow1) | |||
| cluster-fuck; fair bastard | |||
| безвыходная ситуация: 16 phrases in 7 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 3 |
| General | 4 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Makarov | 3 |
| Military | 1 |
| Slang | 3 |