See between a rock and a hard place in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"name": "英語",
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},
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"etymology_texts": [
"ギリシア神話の「スキュラとカリュブディス」の話に関連。アメリカ合衆国で使われ始めた言葉。"
],
"lang": "英語",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"pos_title": "副詞",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1970, David Sim, \"Tangent\",",
"translation": "Husbands, it seems to me, are caught between the Rock of Feminism and the Hard Place of their own marriages (後略)"
},
{
"text": "2008, Eric Dash and Geraldine Fabrikant, \"Washington Mutual stock falls on investor fears\", Washington Post, September 11,",
"translation": "If Washington Mutual needs to raise capital quickly, it will very likely find itself between a rock and a hard place, because credit markets have all but closed their doors to troubled banks."
}
],
"glosses": [
"困難な選択を迫られている状況を指す成句。板ばさみ。ジレンマ。"
],
"id": "ja-between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place-en-adv-LaMk9eCu"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "between the devil and the deep blue sea"
},
{
"word": "between Scylla and Charybdis"
},
{
"word": "on the horns of a dilemma"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "アルメニア語",
"lang_code": "hy",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "երկու քարի արանքում"
},
{
"lang": "中国語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "進退兩難"
},
{
"lang": "中国語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "进退两难"
},
{
"lang": "チェコ語",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "z bláta do louže"
},
{
"lang": "フィンランド語",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "puun ja kuoren välissä"
},
{
"lang": "フランス語",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre le marteau et l'enclume"
},
{
"lang": "フランス語",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre l'arbre et l'écorce"
},
{
"lang": "ドイツ語",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "in der Zwickmühle stecken"
},
{
"lang": "アイスランド語",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "á milli steins og sleggju"
},
{
"lang": "アイスランド語",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "milli tveggja elda"
},
{
"lang": "ポーランド語",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre a cruz e a espada"
},
{
"lang": "ロシア語",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "между молотом и наковальней"
},
{
"lang": "ロシア語",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "между двух огней"
},
{
"lang": "スペイン語",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre la espada y la pared"
},
{
"lang": "スウェーデン語",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "(välja) mellan pest och kolera"
},
{
"lang": "テルグ語",
"lang_code": "te",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "ముందు నుయ్యి వెనుక గొయ్యి"
}
],
"word": "between a rock and a hard place"
}
{
"categories": [
"英語",
"英語 副詞",
"英語_成句",
"英語_成句 副詞句"
],
"etymology_texts": [
"ギリシア神話の「スキュラとカリュブディス」の話に関連。アメリカ合衆国で使われ始めた言葉。"
],
"lang": "英語",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adv",
"pos_title": "副詞",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "1970, David Sim, \"Tangent\",",
"translation": "Husbands, it seems to me, are caught between the Rock of Feminism and the Hard Place of their own marriages (後略)"
},
{
"text": "2008, Eric Dash and Geraldine Fabrikant, \"Washington Mutual stock falls on investor fears\", Washington Post, September 11,",
"translation": "If Washington Mutual needs to raise capital quickly, it will very likely find itself between a rock and a hard place, because credit markets have all but closed their doors to troubled banks."
}
],
"glosses": [
"困難な選択を迫られている状況を指す成句。板ばさみ。ジレンマ。"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "between the devil and the deep blue sea"
},
{
"word": "between Scylla and Charybdis"
},
{
"word": "on the horns of a dilemma"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"lang": "アルメニア語",
"lang_code": "hy",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "երկու քարի արանքում"
},
{
"lang": "中国語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "進退兩難"
},
{
"lang": "中国語",
"lang_code": "zh",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "进退两难"
},
{
"lang": "チェコ語",
"lang_code": "cs",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "z bláta do louže"
},
{
"lang": "フィンランド語",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "puun ja kuoren välissä"
},
{
"lang": "フランス語",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre le marteau et l'enclume"
},
{
"lang": "フランス語",
"lang_code": "fr",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre l'arbre et l'écorce"
},
{
"lang": "ドイツ語",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "in der Zwickmühle stecken"
},
{
"lang": "アイスランド語",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "á milli steins og sleggju"
},
{
"lang": "アイスランド語",
"lang_code": "is",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "milli tveggja elda"
},
{
"lang": "ポーランド語",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre a cruz e a espada"
},
{
"lang": "ロシア語",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "между молотом и наковальней"
},
{
"lang": "ロシア語",
"lang_code": "ru",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "между двух огней"
},
{
"lang": "スペイン語",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "entre la espada y la pared"
},
{
"lang": "スウェーデン語",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "(välja) mellan pest och kolera"
},
{
"lang": "テルグ語",
"lang_code": "te",
"sense": "between a rock and a hard place",
"word": "ముందు నుయ్యి వెనుక గొయ్యి"
}
],
"word": "between a rock and a hard place"
}
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