between the hammer and the anvil

Facing two equally unpleasant, dangerous, or risky alternatives, where the avoidance of one ensures encountering the harm of the other. I was between the hammer and the anvil, for if I didn't take out another loan—and go deeper into debt—I could not pay off the debts I already owed. The police knew with certainty he had drugs in his car, so he became trapped between the hammer and the anvil: either lie to the police, or admit that the drugs belonged to him.

词组	between the hammer and the anvil
释义	between the hammer and the anvil between the hammer and the anvil Facing two equally unpleasant, dangerous, or risky alternatives, where the avoidance of one ensures encountering the harm of the other. I was between the hammer and the anvil, for if I didn't take out another loan—and go deeper into debt—I could not pay off the debts I already owed. The police knew with certainty he had drugs in his car, so he became trapped between the hammer and the anvil: either lie to the police, or admit that the drugs belonged to him. See also: and, anvil, between, hammer Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: between the devil and the deep blue sea devil and deep blue sea Scylla Charybdis between a rock and a hard place between Scylla and Charybdis Scylla and Charybdis skunk at a garden party come to a bad end come to a bad/sticky end
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