between the hammer and the anvil

“Can you pay $20 for a loaf of bread? No. We are really squished between the hammer and the anvil.”

“The markets seem to be stuck between the hammer and the anvil with higher inflation, impending rate hikes and escalating fears of the Russia and Ukraine conflict,” said Anu Gaggar, global investment strategist for Commonwealth Financial Network.

The almost 330 million Americans who would live between the hammer and the anvil should pay particular attention to Warren.

“We found ourselves between the hammer and the anvil,” Walsh writes in “Firewall,” his Iran-contra memoir.

South strode Éomer and men fled before his face, and they were caught between the hammer and the anvil.