between the hammer and the anvil

Meaning: (chieflyUK,idiomatic)With the choice between twounpleasantordistastefuloptions; in apredicamentorquandary.Synonyms:between a rock and a hard place,between Scylla and Charybdis,between the devil and the deep blue sea;see alsoThesaurus:in a dilemma1848, Jean Henri Merle d'Aubigné,The Protector, a vindication, page250:Yet for a time the nation was again placed between the democracy of the levellers and the despotism of the Stuarts, —between the hammer and the anvil.1990, Judas Priest,Between The Hammer and the Anvil:The sinner / Will testify / They'll suffer / When sacrificed on high / The burning sermons purge their evil words /Between the hammer and the anvil

Examples:

EN: Deep down, the Elder of the Jews was always between the hammer and the anvil, between the Jews and the Germans.
ES: En el fondo, el Sabio de los judíos siempre estaba entre el martillo y el yunque, entre los judíos y los alemanes.
EN: [Mburanumwe speaking French] If they were to go further over, we'd be between the hammer and the anvil.
ES: Si ellos avanzan, quedaríamos entre la espada y la pared.
EN: Even here... we are between the hammer and the anvil.
ES: Ya estamos entre la espada y la pared.
EN: Also in the Russian language there are statements "from the fireyes into the fire, "" between the hammer and the anvil, "which all mean the same thing - in the case of two non-alternative options, still have to choose something, but we will not be happy with this choice.
HI: इसके अलावा रूसी भाषा में "आग से" बयान हैंहाँ, आग में, "" हथौड़ा और एविल के बीच, "जिसका अर्थ है सब एक ही बात - दो गैर-वैकल्पिक विकल्पों के मामले में, अभी भी कुछ चुनना पड़ता है, लेकिन हम इस विकल्प से खुश नहीं होंगे
EN: I was caught between the hammer and the anvil.
TE: నేను ఎలుగుబంటి మరియు డౌ మధ్య ఉనికిలో ఉన్న అంతర్గత కనెక్షన్ ద్వారా కొట్టబడ్డాను.

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