between the hammer and the anvil

Prepositional phrase

UK idiomatic

(chiefly UK, idiomatic) With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.

Japanese Meaning

二つの不快な選択肢の間に挟まれ、難しい状況や苦境に立たされる状態 / 板挟みの状態、どちらの選択をしても不都合な状況

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

委員会は思い切った予算削減か解雇かを選ばなければならず、板挟みになっていた。

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(chiefly UK, idiomatic) With the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.

Yet for a time the nation was again placed between the democracy of the levellers and the despotism of the Stuarts, — between the hammer and the anvil.

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