Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “between a rock and a hard place“ and it is a phrase meaning “to be in a difficult situation where you are left with only two choices and they are equally unpleasant/risky”.
Example Sentence: Zero Covid was once a signature policy to demonstrate the supremacy of China’s governance system and to meet the public expectation of pandemic control, but it has now left Beijing between a rock and a hard place. To meet this ever-growing public frustration, Beijing urgently needs a sound path to economic recovery and a plan to reopen society that works for everyone.
This phrase is present in The Guardian article Zero Covid can’t continue in China. Reopening is the only way to quell public anger and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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