between Scylla and Charybdis
Example Sentences
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Mandatory infringement works to place competitors between Scylla and Charybdis, forcing them out of the market and thereby harming consumers.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2022
Farrell finds his way between Scylla and Charybdis by the simple expedient of not looking to the right or left, but sailing straight on regardless.
From New York Times • May 14, 2019
That Ithaca was a Danish island, and that the strait between Scylla and Charybdis was in fact Moskstraumen, a strait far to the north of Norway.
From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2015
"You're sort of between Scylla and Charybdis on this thing."
From Nature • Sep. 14, 2011
A sea peril next awaited them—the passage between Scylla and Charybdis.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
