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Between Scylla and Charybdis
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Between two equally difficult alternatives, neither of which can be avoided without incurring the other.
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carry the coals to Newcastle
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take somthing to a place where it is plentiful and not needed; do something superfluous
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Catch-22
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paradox (contradiction) in an order or regulation that makes people victims of its provisions, regardless of what they do.
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crocodile tears
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false tears; insincere show of grief
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cross the Rubicon
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take a decisive, irrevocable step
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Freudian slip
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slip of the tongue by which it is thought a person unintentionally reveals his or her true feelings
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Hobson's choice
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choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all
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juggernaut
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massive, irresistible force crushing everything in its path
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Pyrrhic victory
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victory achieved at ruinous cost
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sour grapes
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disparagement of something that one does not or cannot have
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