between Scylla and Charybdis

between Scylla and Charybdis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bəˈtwiːn.ˈsɪlə.ænd.kəˈɹɪbdɪs/
• (with intrusive r) IPA^(key): /bəˈtwiːn.ˈsɪləɹ.ænd.kəˈɹɪbdɪs/

Prepositional phrase

between Scylla and Charybdis

1. (idiomatic) A perilous journey between two dangers, similar in meaning to between a rock and a hard place

Synonyms

• between a rock and a hard place
• between the devil and the deep blue sea
• on the horns of a dilemma
• See also Thesaurus:dilemma

Translations

idiomatic

Breton: mont eus ar prad d'al lanneg (br), mont eus ar billig d'an tan Esperanto: fali de sitelo en barelon Finnish: Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen välillä French: de Charybde en Scylla (fr), tomber de Charybde en Scylla (fr), aller de Charybde en Scylla (fr) German: vom Regen in die Traufe, vom Regen in die Traufe kommen (de), vom Regen in die Traufe geraten Greek: μεταξύ Σκύλλας και Χάρυβδης (metaxý Skýllas kai Cháryvdis) Irish: amach as na muineacha is isteach sna driseacha

Italian: tra l'incudine e il martello Japanese: 前門の虎後門の狼 (zenmon no tora kōmon no ōkami) Khmer: ចុះ​ទឹក​ក្រពើរ ឡើង​លើ​ខ្លា (coh tɨk krɑpəə rɔɔ laəŋ ləə klaa) Polish: między Scyllą a Charybdą (pl), między młotem a kowadłem (pl) Russian: ме́жду Сци́ллой и Хари́бдой (ru) (méždu Scílloj i Xaríbdoj) Spanish: entre la espada y la pared (es), entre Escila y Caribdis, entre dos fuegos

See also

• Scylla
• Charybdis