释义 |
between Scylla and Charybdis between Scylla and Charybdis → between Scylla and Charybdis at Scylla and Charybdis(1) 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.between Scylla and Charybdis |