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in a dilemma

ADJECTIVE

between the devil and the deep blue sea

Synonyms

WEAK

Catch-22 Hobson's choice between Scylla and Charybdis between a rock and a hard place between the hammer and the anvil between two fires cornered in a pickle in a predicament in the middle no choice sitting on a powder keg

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So as they meet in an emergency session after the verdict, party leaders are in a dilemma.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

Theme park managers “are in a dilemma right now,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2022

“Kim Jong Un is in a dilemma, a really huge dilemma,” said Lim Eul-chul, a professor at Kyungnam University’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies in Seoul.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022

Approved last month, this loosely worded schedule is already being challenged as opposing forces leave the rate-setting Governing Council in a dilemma.

From Reuters • Apr. 13, 2022

Mr. President, the honourable gentleman would be in a dilemma, like that of another great general.

From The American Quarterly Review No. XVIII, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various

in a dilemma

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