Usually means: Caught between two dangerous choices.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. between the devil and the deep blue sea: Merriam-Webster
  2. between the devil and the deep blue sea: Collins English Dictionary
  3. between the devil and the deep blue sea: Dictionary.com
  4. Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Between the devil and the deep blue sea: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. between the devil and the deep blue sea: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. between the devil and the deep blue sea, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. between the devil and the deep blue sea: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea)

noun:  a 1995 Belgian-French drama film directed by Marion Hänsel.
noun:  "Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" is an American popular song published in 1931, with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first recorded by Cab Calloway in 1931.
noun:  "Between the devil and the deep blue sea" is an idiom meaning a dilemma.
noun:  a young adult Gothic horror novel written by


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