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单词 Between Scylla and Charybdis
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Between Scylla and Charybdis

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牛虻(原版)

" I am between Scylla and Charybdis, " he wrote.

“我介于锡拉和卡律布狄斯之间,”他写道。

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Later, the crew found themselves navigating the treacherous waters between Scylla and Charybdis.

后来,船员们发现自己正在锡拉和卡律布狄斯之间危险的水域航行。

英语百科

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Henry Fuseli's painting of Odysseus facing the choice between Scylla and Charybdis, 1794/6
James Gillray, Britannia between Scylla and Charybdis (1793)
Representación de Escila del siglo V a. de C.
Représentation de Scylla sur un vase grec

Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, meaning "having to choose between two evils". Several other idioms, such as "on the horns of a dilemma", "between the devil and the deep blue sea", and "between a rock and a hard place" express the same meaning.

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