between the devil and the deep blue sea :
between the devil and the deep blue seacaught in a dilemma
trapped between two equally dangerous alternatives
between a rock and a hard placein a situation where you are faced with two equally difficult or unpleasant alternatives – informal
1998 - Times - They are saying now, as they once said of Richard Nixon, that Bill Clinton is between a rock and a hard place.
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