ситуация, формально предполагающая возможность выбора, но фактически не обеспечивающая данной возможности(Putin faces a Hobson's choice: to select effective managers capable of running the show called Russia Inc is very dangerous for him personally, because they will by definition not be part of the team – his charmed circle from which no-one can escape. But the dangers for Putin and for Russia of staying with same time-serving crew of telephone engineers, the mere transmitters of signals, are even greater. TG Alexander Demidov)
без выбора(a situation in which you must choose a particular thing because no other choice is available ; A choice of taking what is available or nothing at all: ‘the regional council must decide whether a private toll bridge is better than no bridge at all–it's a Hobson's choice'oxforddictionaries.comnosorog)
