between two fires
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"At one point, we were trapped between two fires, which was really stressful, and we decided to pack up all our stuff and leave."
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2022
And if you can’t trust a trusty, as a famous Southern governor caught between two fires once said, who can you trust?
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2015
“We’re between two fires: IS and the militias,” said a professor at Tikrit University in Salahuddin Province, using the acronym for Islamic State, as the militants now call themselves.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2014
"I was caught between two fires in a war that is not mine," says Milad, asking that his surname not be used.
From Reuters ● Feb. 28, 2014
Aghast at this intelligence, the French, dreading to be shut in between two fires, decided upon an immediate retreat.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
