between the hammer and the anvil
Example Sentences
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South strode Éomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
You are between the hammer and the anvil, M. le Comte!
From Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France by Weyman, Stanley J.
No man born can keep so many irons in the fire and not himself come between the hammer and the anvil.
From Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Ward, Maisie
Situated between Russia and Hungary, she came more and more to resemble the iron between the hammer and the anvil.
From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph
And now the plates of gold and silver resound between the hammer and the anvil, and "the carpenters wield their tools."
From The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond: A Picture of Monastic Life in the Days of Abbot Samson by Brakelond, Jocelin de
