between a rock and a hard place
出典: フリー多機能辞典『ウィクショナリー日本語版（Wiktionary）』
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[編集] 英語
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ギリシア神話の「スキュラとカリュブディス」の話に関連。アメリカ合衆国で使われ始めた言葉。
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（アメリカ英語）
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between a rock and a hard place (比較形なし)
- 困難な選択を迫られている状況を指す成句。板ばさみ。ジレンマ。
- 1970, David Sim, "Tangent",
- Husbands, it seems to me, are caught between the Rock of Feminism and the Hard Place of their own marriages (後略)
- 2008, Eric Dash and Geraldine Fabrikant, "Washington Mutual stock falls on investor fears", Washington Post, September 11,
- If Washington Mutual needs to raise capital quickly, it will very likely find itself between a rock and a hard place, because credit markets have all but closed their doors to troubled banks.
- 1970, David Sim, "Tangent",
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between a rock and a hard place
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