by Anonymous on November 14th, 2006

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Where did the saying "stuck between a rock and a hard place", come from?

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by Scallywag on February 22nd, 2009
The origin of this quote is from ancient Greece. There were beleived to be two monsters in a river. One was Scylla, who attacked ships with many heads, the other was Charybdis who would create whirlpools and swallow ships whole.

The ships would be forced to sail closer to one of the two monsters. sailors were "torn between scylla and charybdis." Over time i suppose it has just changed... =]
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by Anonymous on November 14th, 2006
from ppl who were litterly stuck between a rock and a hard place haha
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by Anonymous on November 14th, 2006
from ppl who were litterly stuck between a rock and a hard place haha
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by sillibilli on February 22nd, 2009
the rolling stones
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by Glenn on April 9th, 2011
What about:you're stuck choosing between two equally "hard" alternatives.
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