entre la espada y la pared

Spanish

Etymology

Literally, “between sword and wall”

Adverb

entre la espada y la pared

(idiomatic) back to the wall, between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis, caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, be on the horns of a dilemma

Further reading

“entre la espada y la pared”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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