between a rock and a hard place

Etymology
Originated in the United States before 1918 in southwest, possibly in connection with mining. Related to the concept of the Ancient Greeks: between Scylla and Charybdis.

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  In a difficult and inescapable position.
 * 2) * 2017 March 3,, , , description for Rock-Hard Food:
 * A dish gone awry after adding the wrong ingredient. Chewing your way through this won't be fun, but it will fill you up when you're between a rock and a hard place.
 * 1)  Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.
 * 1)  Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.

Translations

 * Arabic: بَيْنَ المِطْرَقَة وَالسِّنْدَان
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: между чука́ и накова́лнята
 * Catalan: entre l'espasa i la paret
 * Czech: dvěma mlýnskými kameny
 * Finnish: puun ja kuoren välissä, ,
 * French:, ,
 * German: in der Zwickmühle; zwischen Hammer und Amboss; zwischen den Stühlen; zwischen Baum und Borke; weder ein noch aus wissen
 * Greek: μπρος γκρεμός και πίσω ρέμα, μεταξύ σφύρας και άκμωνος, μεταξύ Σκύλλας και Χάρυβδης
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian: tra l'incudine e il martello
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, 빼도 박도 못한다
 * Latin: inter sacrum saxumque, a fronte praecipitium, a tergo lupi
 * Malayalam: ചെകുത്താനും കടലിനുമിടയിൽ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: mellom barken og veden
 * Nynorsk: mellom borken og veden
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: între ciocan și nicovală
 * Russian:, ме́жду двух огне́й
 * Scottish Gaelic: eadar dà chloich, eadar a' chlach is an sgrath
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: צווישן האַמער און קאָוואַדלע


 * Arabic: أَمامَ خِيارَيْنِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرّ
 * Bulgarian: между чука́ и накова́лнята
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 進退兩難
 * Hakka: 進退兩難
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: mellem pest og kolera
 * Dutch: tussen pest en cholera
 * Esperanto: esti inter martelo kaj amboso
 * Finnish: puun ja kuoren välissä, kahden tulen välissä
 * French: entre la peste et le choléra,
 * German: zwischen Pest und Cholera
 * Greek: μπρος γκρεμός και πίσω ρέμα, μεταξύ σφύρας και άκμωνος, μεταξύ Σκύλλας και Χάρυβδης
 * Hungarian:, két tűz között, két malomkő között, nem tudja, melyik ujját harapja le, nehéz helyzetben
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian: fra l'incudine ed il martello
 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ме́жду двух огне́й, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: eadar a' chlach is an sgrath
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, mellan två eldar, i valet och kvalet


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Khmer:
 * Telugu:
 * Hindi: