between rock and hard place

James O'Shaughnessy, a former Conservative policy chief wrote: "Clegg… wasn't between 'rock and hard place'. I was in the room when he decided to vote for it. He was keen" - a tweet that was shared more than 1,500 times.

Between Rock and Hard Place in Brussels The EU Executive Is Being Assailed from All Sides By - In the last three years, euro-zone governments have ceded enormous economic powers to the European Commission in Brussels.