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between the beetle and the block; between the upper and the nether millstone; between hammer and anvil; between the devil and the deep blue sea (дословно: Между дьяволом и синим (глубоким) морем); between the upper and nether millstone (дословно: Между верхним и нижним жерновами); between the devil and the deep blue sea (Drozdova); between the hammer and the anvil (DC); between the rock and the hard place (kopeika); between the rock and hard place (Val_Ships); between the devil and the deep sea; between a rock and hard place (alikssepia); caught in a vice (Solidboss); between a rock and a hard place (Вступив в третий месяц воздушной войны в Югославии, НАТО оказалось между молотом и наковальней. Наковальня: Слободан Милошевич. Молот: перспектива бесконечных бомбардировок с угрозой все возрастающих потерь – As NATO enters the third month of its air war in Yugoslavia, it finds itself between a rock and a hard place. The rock: Slobodan Milosevic. The hard place: The prospect of interminable bombing with its specter of mounting casualties. В.И.Макаров) |
