Definition
Between two dangers.
Also Said As
- between a rock and a hard place
- between the hammer and the anvil
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between a rock and a hard place
- between Scylla and Charybdis
- between the devil and the deep blue sea
- between the hammer and the anvil
- between two fires
- damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
- doomed if you do
- doomed if you don't
- in a cleft stick
- in bad bread
- on the horns of a dilemma
See Also
- Scylla
- Charybdis
How People Actually Use It
Stuck in a situation where you face two dangers on either side of you, and moving away from one danger would be moving closer to the other. Taken from Homer's Odyssey, in which Odysseus and his men must sail in between two ancient sea-monsters/Gods.
""If I tell her I like her, she'll get too clingy, but if I don't tell her anything, she might think I'm not interested. I'm really between Scylla and Charybdis here""
Source: Urban Dictionary