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Terms for subject Figurative containing Сцилла и Харибда | all forms | in specified order only
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быть между Сциллой и Харибдойbe between Scylla and Charybdis (Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, meaning "having to choose between two evils". Several other idioms, such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express similar meanings.)
быть между Сциллой и Харибдойbe between Scylla and Charybdis
находиться между Сциллой и Харибдойbe between Scylla and Charybdis (Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, meaning "having to choose between two evils". Several other idioms, such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express similar meanings.)