"damned if one does and damned if one doesn't" meaning in 英語

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Proverb

Audio: en-au-damned if one does and damned if one doesn't.ogg
  1. 左右為難
    Sense id: zh-damned_if_one_does_and_damned_if_one_doesn't-en-proverb-1bPWVSe-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't, no-win situation, catch-22, inevitability, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis, between the devil and the deep sea, pick your poison, dilemma

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