| 单词 |
between Scylla and Charybdis |
| 释义 |
between Scylla and Charybdis between Scylla and Charybdis → between Scylla and Charybdis at Scylla and Charybdis(1) in a situation where you have to choose between two possible actions, but both are dangerous or unpleasant. The phrase comes from the ancient Greek stories of Scylla, a monster, and Charybdis, a whirlpool (=water that spins around and pulls things down into it) that killed sailors in the sea between Italy and Sicily. People sometimes also use the phrase ‘between a rock and a hard place’ to mean the same thing.between Scylla and Charybdis |
| 随便看 |
- not much to be said for sth
- not nearly
- not necessarily
- not/never be (a great) one for (doing) something
- not/never be one to do something
- not/never in a million years
- not/never in your wildest dreams
- not/no more than something
- not none of concern
- not now
- not on any account
- not once
- not one
- not one/an iota
- not one bit
- not one iota
- not one red cent
- not only
- not on your life
- not on your nelly
- notoriety
- notorious
- notoriously
- not particularly
- not pass lips
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