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Definition of Scylla in English: Scyllaproper nounˈsɪləˈsɪlə Greek Mythology A female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool Charybdis. In later legend Scylla was a dangerous rock, located on the Italian side of the Strait of Messina.
Phrases Used to refer to a situation involving two dangers in which an attempt to avoid one increases the risk from the other. the difficulty is to navigate between the Scylla of authoritarian taste and the Charybdis of slop Example sentencesExamples - Racing down the straight, under the railway bridge, knocking my shins against Scylla and Charybdis, I make it to the end.
- Ah, the joys of being a late Boomer in middle-age, caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
- With software that asked voters to confirm their choices, the new machinery, it was thought, would avoid the Scylla and Charybdis of over-votes and under-votes.
- Sceptics about musical meaning tend to regard these alternatives under the sign of Scylla and Charybdis, as formidable dangers nearly impossible to avoid.
- So most US voters think things are going really well, when in fact the CPA is piloting between Scylla and Charybdis.
Definition of Scylla in US English: Scyllaproper nounˈsɪləˈsilə Greek Mythology A female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her cave and the whirlpool Charybdis. In later legend Scylla was a dangerous rock, located on the Italian side of the Strait of Messina.
Phrases between Scylla and Charybdis Used to refer to a situation involving two dangers in which an attempt to avoid one increases the risk from the other. Example sentencesExamples - Racing down the straight, under the railway bridge, knocking my shins against Scylla and Charybdis, I make it to the end.
- With software that asked voters to confirm their choices, the new machinery, it was thought, would avoid the Scylla and Charybdis of over-votes and under-votes.
- Ah, the joys of being a late Boomer in middle-age, caught between Scylla and Charybdis.
- Sceptics about musical meaning tend to regard these alternatives under the sign of Scylla and Charybdis, as formidable dangers nearly impossible to avoid.
- So most US voters think things are going really well, when in fact the CPA is piloting between Scylla and Charybdis.
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