Meaning Between two unwelcome options.
Usage Worldwide.
Example
- The only choices I have are poverty or a boring job - I'm between a rock and a hard place.
Pronunciation
Idiom
Between a rock and a hard place
What does "Between a rock and a hard place" mean?
Between two unwelcome options.
Between a rock and a hard place
USA, 20th century. Sometimes mistakenly thought to come from Homer’s Odyssey.