Usually means: Navigating between two dangerous options.
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  1. between Scylla and Charybdis: Merriam-Webster
  2. between Scylla and Charybdis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. between Scylla and Charybdis: Collins English Dictionary
  4. between Scylla and Charybdis: Wiktionary
  5. between Scylla and Charybdis: Dictionary.com
  6. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. between Scylla and Charybdis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. between scylla and charybdis: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Between Scylla and Charybdis: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Between Scylla and Charybdis)

▸ noun:  Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Greek mythology, which has been associated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser of two evils".


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