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单词 on the horns of a dilemma
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on the horns of a dilemma

Faced with a decision involving equally unfavourable alternatives.Meanwhile, at the Erinsborough Clinic, the young hairless harpy, found herself on the horns of a dilemma, so to speak....
  • Scottish solicitors find themselves on the horns of a dilemma in attempting to comply with recent money laundering legislation, according to Joe Platt, president of the Law Society of Scotland.
  • The judge admitted he was on the horns of a dilemma.

Synonyms

between the devil and the deep blue sea, between Scylla and Charybdis
informal in a no-win situation, between a rock and a hard place
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