Sophie's choice
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Sophie's choice
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From the title of the book Sophie's Choice (1979), by William Styron, in which a mother is forced to decide which of her children will die.
noun Sophie's choices
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A choice where every alternative has significant negative consequences.
As things turned out, all the enemy missiles were destroyed in flight -- two were hit very early after launch by an airborne laser system -- and a Sophie's choice was averted."
Similar: Hobson's choice, Catch-22, dilemma, Morton's fork, no-win situation, quandary, Sophie's choice, ass in a sling, bind, bucket of syrup, calvary, cauldron
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