"between Scylla and Charybdis" meaning in Inglés

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Phrase

Etymology: Por Escila y Caribdis, dos monstruos femeninos de la mitología griega.
  1. Entre la espada y la pared. Tags: figurative
    Sense id: es-between_Scylla_and_Charybdis-en-phrase-1LXy9-Vr Categories (other): EN:Términos en sentido figurado
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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        "Entre la espada y la pared."
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