"caught between the devil and the deep blue sea" meaning in Anglais

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Adjective

IPA: \ˈkɔːt bɪ.ˈtwiːn ðə ˈdɛv.ɪl ɛnd ðə ˈdiːp ˈbluː ˈsiː\ Audio: En-au-caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.ogg Forms: between the devil and the deep sea
  1. Se dit de quelqu’un qui est entre le marteau et l’enclume.
    Sense id: fr-caught_between_the_devil_and_the_deep_blue_sea-en-adj-u7BzhDAD Categories (other): Wiktionnaire:Exemples manquants en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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