between the devil and the deep blue sea

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between the devil and the deep blue sea
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desperate , in a quandary, in difficulty, between a rock and a hard place, in trouble, in a fix (slang), in a pickle (slang), in a predicament, faced with a dilemma, between Scylla and Charybdis, in a sticky situation

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