English Explanatory Dictionary

between Scylla and Charybdis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Between two dangers.

Pronunciation

/bəˈtwiːn ˈsɪlə ænd kəˈɹɪbdɪs/ /bəˈtwiːn ˈsɪləɹ ænd kəˈɹɪbdɪs/

Word forms

between Scylla and Charybdis

Synonyms

between a rock and a hard place between the hammer and the anvil between the devil and the deep blue sea between Scylla and Charybdis 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

Related words

Scylla Charybdis
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