| 单词 | be (caught) in a cleft stick |
| 释义 | be (caught) in a cleft stickbe (caught) in a cleft stick British EnglishBrEMI to be in a very difficult situation in which any action or decision you make will cause problems 进退两难，陷于窘境 Examples from the Corpus be (caught) in a cleft stick• So the developing countries are caught in a cleft stick.• Now the local authorities are caught in a cleft stick, hostages to their own political process. → be (caught) in a cleft stick at cleft2(1) |
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