between Scylla and Charybdis

English

Prepositional phrase

between Scylla and Charybdis

1. (idiomatic) A perilous journey between two dangers, similar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place

Synonyms

• between a rock and a hard place
• between the devil and the deep blue sea
• on the horns of a dilemma
• See also Wikisaurus:dilemma

Translations

idiomatic

• Esperanto: fali de sitelo en barelon (eo)
• Finnish: Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen välillä (fi)
• French: de Charybde en Scylla (fr)

• Khmer: ចុះ​ទឹក​ក្រពើរ ឡើង​លើ​ខ្លា (km)
• Russian: между Сциллой и Харибдой (ru) (méždu Scílloj i Xaríbdoj) 
• Spanish: entre la espada y la pared (es)

See also

• Scylla
• Charybdis