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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Devil and the Deep Sea (Between the). Between Scylla and Charybdis; between two evils, each equally hazardous. The allusion seems to be to the herd of swine and the devils called Legion. "In the matter of passing from one part of the vessel to another when she was rolling, we were indeed between the devil and the deep sea." - Nineteenth Century, April, 1891, p.664. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Expression using "DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA": between the devil and the deep sea. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "DEVIL AND THE DEEP SEA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | olla pahassa välikädessä (be between the devil and the deep sea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | között (amid, amidst, among, amongst, between, between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea, betwixt, break between two friends), két tűz (between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea), két malomkő között (between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea), hátul víz (between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea), elöl tűz (between the devil and the deep blue see, between the devil and the deep sea). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | evilday anday ethay eepday easay entre a cruz e a espada (between the devil and the deep sea). (various references) între ciocan şi nicovalã (between the devil and the deep sea). (various references) iki arada bir derede (between the devil and the deep sea, on the horns of a dilemma). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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