"in a dilemma" meaning in English

See in a dilemma in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

  1. Tags: no-gloss Hypernyms: in trouble Related terms: between two stools, out of the frying pan [idiomatic], into the fire [idiomatic], difficult situation, dilemma
    Sense id: en-in_a_dilemma-en-prep_phrase-47DEQpj8 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 [UK, idiomatic], between two fires [idiomatic], damned if one does and damned if one doesn't [idiomatic], doomed if you do [idiomatic], 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]
     
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          "source": "Thesaurus:in a dilemma",
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          "source": "Thesaurus:in a dilemma",
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          "word": "doomed if you do"
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