Song đề

Thế tiến lui đều khó, thế tiến thoái lưỡng nan, tình trạng khó xử

between (on) the horns of a dilemma

tiến không được mà lùi chẳng xong, tiến thoái lưỡng nan

to be put into (reduced to) a dilemma

bị đặt vào thế khó xử

song đề

N.

Predicament, quandary, double bind, catch-22, impasse,deadlock, stalemate; plight, difficulty, trouble; stymie,snooker; Colloq bind, box, fix, jam, spot, pickle, squeeze: Hewas faced with the dilemma of killing the injured animal orallowing it to die in agony.

N.

A situation in which a choice has to be made between twoequally undesirable alternatives.

A state of indecisionbetween two alternatives.

Disp. a difficult situation.

Anargument forcing an opponent to choose either of twounfavourable alternatives. [L f. Gk (as DI-(1), lemma premiss)]