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 auxitt auxitt 16 de gener de 2023 16 de gener de 2023 a les 4:13:46 UTC flag Report link Enllaç permanent

Annotation: "Between the devil and the deep blue sea" is an idiom meaning "dilemma".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B..._Deep_Blue_Sea

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If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

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➜ #186961家主に家賃を払えば、食物を買う金がなくなる。進退きわまったというところだ。

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➜ #438026Als we de huur betalen aan de huiseigenares, zullen we geen geld meer hebben voor eten; we zitten tussen de duivel en de diepe blauwe zee.

linked by javyoze, 25 de juliol de 2010
If we pay the rent to the landlady- we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

edited by user7736, 14 de desembre de 2011
If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food- we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

edited by user7736, 14 de desembre de 2011
If we pay the rent to the landlady, we won't have any money for food; we are between the devil and the deep blue sea.

edited by user7736, 14 de desembre de 2011
➜ #2310996Если мы заплатим помещице земельный налог, у нас не останется денег на еду. Куда ни кинь, всюду клин.

linked by soweli_Elepanto, 16 de març de 2013
➜ #5558667Biz ev sahibesine kirayı ödersek, yiyecek için hiç paramız olmayacak; aşağı tükürsen sakal yukarı tükürsen bıyık.

linked by duran, 28 d’octubre de 2016
➜ #5558669Biz ev sahibesine kirayı ödersek, yiyecek için hiç paramız olmayacak; iki ucu boklu değnek.

linked by duran, 28 d’octubre de 2016
➜ #5558672Biz ev sahibesine kirayı ödersek, yiyecek için hiç paramız olmayacak; iki arada bir derede.

linked by duran, 28 d’octubre de 2016