"خياران أحلاهما مر" meaning in Arabic

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “two options the sweeter of which is bitter”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "خِيارَانِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḵiyārāni ʔaḥlāhumā murrun",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duale tantum",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "duale tantum",
        "g": "m-d",
        "head": "خِيارَانِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ"
      },
      "expansion": "خِيارَانِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ • (ḵiyārāni ʔaḥlāhumā murrun) m du (duale tantum)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic dualia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Dualia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root ح ل و",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ي ر",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Arabic terms belonging to the root م ر ر",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "literally, “We are faced with two options the sweeter of which is bitter.”",
          "text": "نَحْنُ أَمامَ خِيارَيْنِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ.\nnaḥnu ʔamāma ḵiyārayni ʔaḥlāhumā murrun.\nWe are caught between a rock and a hard place.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a choice between two unpleasant alternatives; expresses between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the anvil, between the devil and the deep blue sea"
      ],
      "id": "en-خياران_أحلاهما_مر-ar-noun-OfBTnUB6",
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ],
        [
          "between a rock and a hard place",
          "between a rock and a hard place"
        ],
        [
          "between the hammer and the anvil",
          "between the hammer and the anvil"
        ],
        [
          "between the devil and the deep blue sea",
          "between the devil and the deep blue sea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) a choice between two unpleasant alternatives; expresses between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the anvil, between the devil and the deep blue sea"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "خياران أحلاهما مر"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally: “two options the sweeter of which is bitter”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "خِيارَانِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ḵiyārāni ʔaḥlāhumā murrun",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "duale tantum",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "duale tantum",
        "g": "m-d",
        "head": "خِيارَانِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ"
      },
      "expansion": "خِيارَانِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ • (ḵiyārāni ʔaḥlāhumā murrun) m du (duale tantum)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Arabic dualia tantum",
        "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
        "Arabic idioms",
        "Arabic lemmas",
        "Arabic masculine nouns",
        "Arabic multiword terms",
        "Arabic nouns",
        "Arabic terms belonging to the root ح ل و",
        "Arabic terms belonging to the root خ ي ر",
        "Arabic terms belonging to the root م ر ر",
        "Arabic terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "literally, “We are faced with two options the sweeter of which is bitter.”",
          "text": "نَحْنُ أَمامَ خِيارَيْنِ أَحْلاهُمَا مُرٌّ.\nnaḥnu ʔamāma ḵiyārayni ʔaḥlāhumā murrun.\nWe are caught between a rock and a hard place.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a choice between two unpleasant alternatives; expresses between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the anvil, between the devil and the deep blue sea"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "choice",
          "choice"
        ],
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ],
        [
          "between a rock and a hard place",
          "between a rock and a hard place"
        ],
        [
          "between the hammer and the anvil",
          "between the hammer and the anvil"
        ],
        [
          "between the devil and the deep blue sea",
          "between the devil and the deep blue sea"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) a choice between two unpleasant alternatives; expresses between a rock and a hard place, between the hammer and the anvil, between the devil and the deep blue sea"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "خياران أحلاهما مر"
}