Between the devil and the deep blue sea. I am sure this rather common idiom rings a bell in your heads. Even if it doesn~{!/~}t, its meaning can be easily inferred. For the benefit of those who cannot be classified under the above two categories, I shall briefly describe it.
In short, when someone is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, he is in a dilemma. A very unpleasant dilemma. After all, a choice between a sack of gold and a briefcase of notes isn~{!/~}t that nasty, right? In the context of ~{!0~}between the devil and the deep blue sea~{!1~}, the dilemma you are IMPLYING is that you are faced with having to make a hard choice between two situations, both with very nasty prospects. In a sense, your choice is limited, as your suffering in the end, though cannot be measured, should be similar. The devil in this case represents something evil, nasty, bad, obnoxious, terrible. The deep blue sea isn~{!/~}t that nice too. Imagine sinking to the icy seabed, with......
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