Morton's Fork
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- an argument used by John Morton in demanding gifts for the royal treasury: if a man lived well he was obviously rich and if he lived frugally then he must have savings莫顿之叉（莫顿为亨利七世强征赋税的论据： 生活优裕者显然有钱纳税, 生活节俭者必有积蓄可纳税）。
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- a dilemma, especially one in which both choices are equally undesirable两难困境。