entre la espada y la pared
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Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Literally, “between sword and wall”
Adverb[edit]
- (idiomatic) back to the wall, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, be on the horns of a dilemma
Further reading[edit]
- “entre la espada y la pared”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014