Thesaurus:in a dilemma

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English

Prepositional phrase

Sense: between undesirable alternatives

Synonyms

between a rock and a hard place (idiomatic)
between Scylla and Charybdis (idiomatic)
between the devil and the deep blue sea (idiomatic)
between the hammer and the anvil (chiefly UK, idiomatic)
between two fires (idiomatic)
damned if one does and damned if one doesn't (idiomatic)
doomed if you do, doomed if you don't (idiomatic)
in a cleft stick (Australia, UK, dated, idiomatic)
in bad bread (UK, obsolete)
on the horns of a dilemma (idiomatic)

Antonyms

spoilt for choice

Hypernyms

in trouble

Various

between two stools
out of the frying pan, into the fire (idiomatic)

See also

Further reading

“665. danger” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“in a dilemma” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.

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