between scylla and charybdis

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Определение between scylla and charybdis в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь: Similar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place
Scylla and Charybdis: between Scylla and Charybdis in a situation where you have to choose between two possible actions, but both are dangerous or unpleasant. The phrase comes from the ancient Greek stories of Scylla, a monster, and Charybdis, a whirlpool (=water that spins around and pulls things down into it) , that killed sailors in the sea between Italy and Sicily. People sometimes also use the phrase "between a rock and a hard place" to mean the same thing. In Greek mythology, two monsters that guarded the narrow passage through which Odysseus had to sail in his wanderings. These waters are now identified with the Strait of Messina. On one shore was Scylla, a monster with six snaky heads, who reached out of her cave to seize and devour six of Odysseus' companions. On the opposite shore was Charybdis, the personification of a whirlpool, who drank down and belched forth the waters three times a day. The shipwrecked Odysseus saved himself by clinging to a tree on the shore until his raft floated to the surface
scylla and Charybdis: Charybdis