between two fires

Example Sentences

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"At one point, we were trapped between two fires, which was really stressful, and we decided to pack up all our stuff and leave."

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2022

And if you can’t trust a trusty, as a famous Southern governor caught between two fires once said, who can you trust?

From Washington Times • Oct. 22, 2015

“We’re between two fires: IS and the militias,” said a professor at Tikrit University in Salahuddin Province, using the acronym for Islamic State, as the militants now call themselves.

From New York Times • Sep. 10, 2014

"I was caught between two fires in a war that is not mine," says Milad, asking that his surname not be used.

From Reuters • Feb. 28, 2014

They were in grave peril, and at any moment the right flank in Lorraine might be turned, and the retreating French be caught between two fires.

From The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 by Parrott, James Edward