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
I was between the hammer and the anvil.
From In Those Days The Story of an Old Man by Steinberg, Jehudah
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
As a matter of fact, the American envoys had been caught between the hammer and the anvil.
From Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism by Chinard, Gilbert
You are between the hammer and the anvil, M. le Comte!
From Count Hannibal A Romance of the Court of France by Weyman, Stanley John
