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в затруднительном положении; припёртый к стенке (Anglophile); между двух огней (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); в безвыходном положении (alex) |
| amer. |
в сложной ситуации (I’m between a rock and a hard place. I don’t know what to do. Val_Ships); в трудном положении (I couldn't make up my mind. I was caught between a rock and a hard place. Val_Ships); дилемма (an adage used to refer to a dilemma, more specifically a Morton's fork – a situation offering at least two possibilities, neither of which is acceptable Val_Ships) |
| fig.of.sp. |
между молотом и наковальней (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) |
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оказаться перед тяжёлым выбором (When the food ran out, they realized that they had only two options. Starve or eat the dead bodies of their friends and teammates. They were stuck between a rock and a hard place. They chose survival. VLZ_58) |
| proverb |
меж двух огней (напр, they often find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place Olga Okuneva) |
