caught between a rock and a hard place - idiom meaning?

Question

What is the meaning of "caught between a rock and a hard place" idiom?

Answer 1

 

Idiom Conjugations:

 

Answer 2

Gerund Form of the Idiom:

Being caught between a rock and a hard place is a difficult situation to be in.
 

Answer 3

Idiom Usage:

Any outcome of being caught between a rock and a hard place is not good for one of the possible outcomes.
 

Answer 4

Idiom Scenario 2:

Ned's mother is coming to visit Ned and Grace.  Ned is happy to visit his Mom but he knows that his wife, Grace, and his mother always fight.  Poor Ned is always stuck in the middle of their fights.  He loves both women.  Unfortunately, both women ask Ned to choose between them when they fight.

Ned will be caught between a rock and a hard place when his mother comes to visit.

Answer 5

Idiom Scenario 1:

I have just been offered the job of my dreams.  The pay is very good and it is a promotion.  The only problem is that the job is in a different country and I must leave my girlfriend of two years behind.

I guess I am caught between a rock and a hard place.

Answer 6

Idiom Definition:

"to be caught between a rock and a hard place"

to find yourself in a position where any outcome of a difficult decision or situation results in some sort of difficulties
 

Synonyms:
bind, corner, dilemma, decision, difficult, impasse, jam, mess, mire, perplexity, pickle, predicament, problem, puzzle, quandry, scrape, spot, straight
 
 

 
 

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