between the devil and the deep blue sea
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between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Between undesirable alternatives.
Talking about the old Players' Union, it reminds me that at one meeting we had, a player stated that if a club had a horse they wanted to part with, some one would have to find the horse in fodder until the negotiations were finished. A player is during that time between the devil and the deep blue
Similar: between a rock and a hard place, between Scylla and Charybdis, between the devil and the deep blue sea, between the hammer and the anvil, between two fires, damned if one does and damned if one doesn't, doomed if you do, doomed if you don't, in a cleft stick, in bad bread, on the horns of a dilemma
Talk about this word "between the devil and the deep blue sea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/between%20the%20devil%20and%20the%20deep%20blue%20sea. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. between the devil and the deep blue sea. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/between%20the%20devil%20and%20the%20deep%20blue%20sea "between the devil and the deep blue sea." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/between%20the%20devil%20and%20the%20deep%20blue%20sea.Cite this
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title = {between the devil and the deep blue sea},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-07}
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