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между двух огней stresses
gen.	a pig in the middle; dilemma; between the devil and the deep blue sea (Franka_LV); cornered (Artjaazz); between the upper and the nether millstone; between a rock and a hard place (A member of the CGT union at the naval construction company STX said locals were between a rock and a hard place. "What we need are orders for civil boats not military ones but this is a political decision. We get sent the contracts and we carry them out," he told the Guardian. 4uzhoj); Between the Devil and the deep blue sea (Svetlana D); on the horns of a dilemma; between the devil and the blue sea; sitting on a powder keg (Artjaazz); in a predicament (Artjaazz); between the hammer and the anvil (Artjaazz); in a dilemma (Artjaazz); in a pickle (Artjaazz); between to fires; between the devil and the deep sea; Hobson's choice (Artjaazz)
fig.	between two fires; between a rock and hard place (CNN Alex_Odeychuk)
idiom.	in the crossfire (тж. caught in the crossfire: When the two taxi drivers started to argue, their passengers were caught in the crossfire Taras); caught between two stools (Yeldar Azanbayev)
proverb	between the devil and the deep blue sea (to get); between the upper and nether millstone (дословно: Между верхним и нижним жерновами)
быть, находиться, оказаться между двух огней
proverb	between the devil and the deep sea (to get); between two fires (to get)

между двух огней: 7 phrases in 5 subjects

Figurative	1
General	1
Idiomatic	3
Makarov	1
Military	1