between a rock and a hard place

Example Sentences

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NHS managers said they were between a "rock and a hard place" trying to juggle balancing the books with tackling the hospital backlog, which currently stands at 7.4 million.

From BBC

“She’s between a rock and a hard place on fiscal,” he notes.

From Barron's

The Palm Springs Art Museum has apparently wedged itself firmly between a rock and a hard place.

From Los Angeles Times

Nor are you the only person who feels caught between a rock and a hard place.

From MarketWatch

"It's a particularly fraught moment - South Korea finds itself caught between a rock and a hard place," says Darcie Draudt-Vejares, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

From BBC