VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

Meaning:

In a difficult position

Examples:

  • He is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
  • And I'm between the devil and the deep blue sea!
  • It is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
  • Between the devil and the deep blue sea.
  • Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea as it were, eh, gentleman?
  • Sometimes it's difficult to judge when you're caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
  • Then you'd be between the devil and the deep blue sea trying to keep your job and your self-respect. BABY CRIES
  • This amendment should prevent the seller, often a small or medium enterprise, being squashed between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a non-reducible liability towards the consumer on the one hand, and liability shifted onto him because of the supplier on the other.
  • Silvia is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, because with her small salary, she has to choose between paying rent to her landlord and settling her debt with the electricity company.