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between a rock and a hard place
between the devil and the deep blue sea
Between two dangers or difficulties, not knowing what to do.
Между двух опасностей или трудностей, в состоянии когда неизвестно что предпринять.
I couldn't make up my mind. I was caught between a rock and a hard place.
Я не мог ничего решить. Я угодил между молотом и наковальней.
I’m between a rock and a hard place with management. They are determined to jettison a lot of hard-working employees.
The boy was between a rock and a hard place; he had to go home and be whipped or stay in town all night and be picked up by the police.
Мальчик находился между двух огней – он должен был либо пойти домой и быть выпоротым, либо остаться в городе на всю ночь и быть пойманным полицией.
The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged; they were between the devil and the deep blue sea.
between life and death
In danger of dying or being killed; with life or death possible.
He held on to the mountainside between life and death while his friends went to get help.
The little sick girl lay all night between life and death until her fever was gone.
between two fires
between a rock and a hard place
Between two dangers or difficulties, not knowing what to do.
The boy was between a rock and a hard place; he had to go home and be whipped or stay in town all night and be picked up by the police.
When the man's wife and her mother got together, he was between two fires.
beyond measure
So much that it can not be measured or figured without any limits.
No one envied him for he was popular beyond measure.
With her parents reunited and present at her graduation, she had happiness beyond measure.
beyond one's means
Too expensive, not affordable.
Unfortunately, a new Mercedes Benz is beyond my means right now.
beyond reasonable doubt
Virtually certain; essentially convincing.
The judge instructed the jurors to come up with a verdict of guilty only if they were convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that Algernon was the perpetrator.
beyond the pale
In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the members of a group.
After the outlaw killed a man he was beyond the pale and not even his old friends would talk to him.
Tom's swearing is beyond the pale; no one invites him to dinner any more.
beyond the shadow of a doubt
Absolutely certain, totally convincing.
Fred burglarized Mrs. Brown's apartment, beyond the shadow of a doubt.