请教左右为难，进退两难如何表达？
不得不承认中国文字的奇妙，我问过我同事，我同事居然告诉我hard to make a decision
我想表达，我2件事都不愿意放弃的感受。
谢谢大侠
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dilemma
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加分给 阿斯
还有 'catch 21 situation'
就是夹在两个事情之中，你不到该怎样做，因为各有各的好与坏
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分呢？
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谢谢楼上的，你们都是有分人，我略表心意哦。
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当初有个会中文的鬼佬，说了一句“骑虎难下”，让我们佩服的五体投地！
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怎么表达？
i cann't cath 2 in 1 situation?
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这个词我印象很深~~
是在去年有一集《康熙来了》中学到的：dilemma--地雷马~~你想想，马在地雷中，是不是左右为难？进退两难？呵呵。
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听说过between the devil and the deep blue sea，不过是在俩坏事中间选。。
LZ真爽啊，俩好事里选，要是英语里没这个表达，说明西人在这情况下两个通吃了。。符合他们的习性，hoho
[ 本帖最后由 azurechris 于 2009-5-10 20:20 编辑 ]
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上学的时候，每学期结束有口语考试，抽条子看题。经常抽到很奇怪的论题，想不出怎么回答，先干咳一声: this is quite a dilemma。。。。延缓时间再说
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又学到点东东，谢谢
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Caught between a rock and a hard place.
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be in a dilemma
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在拖的久一点就是， well, i have to say, it is quite a dilemma
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Nono
Just simply 'I'm in a catch 21 situation'
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其实老妖的更 Aussie :)
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Catch 22, not 21...
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Catch 22 is the right phrase. It came from the Vietnam war era.
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IMHO, there is a bit difference here - with "caught between a rock & a hard place", both obstacles may not be related to each other; with "catch 22", there is a sense of circular dependency between the two choices. In the context of what LZ asked, "caught between a rock & hard place" sounds more suitable than "catch 22".
For example,
"you can not find a job without local experience."
"you will never have local experience without working in a local company".
This is what many of us has experienced at early stage of our life in Australia, and is a typical Catch 22 situation.
进退两难，however, is like
"I'll lose the deposit if I change my mind on this property."
"But if I buy it, with the termite problem discovered, I may lose tens of thousands dollars later."
Both choices sucks, but they're not related to each other. Therefore, this guy is "caught between a rock and a hard place."
[ 本帖最后由 bulaohu 于 2009-5-10 22:06 编辑 ]
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这个表达方式我是第一次听到，不过很显然其含义是很符合LZ的问题的。但这个短语没有between a rock & a hard place流行，可能是澳洲人太down to earth，所以更喜欢土土的表达方式吧...
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那个是以前的舍友对“前是老虎后是狼”的解释，哈哈。所以断然是不适合LZ，Lz是在俩好事里选呢，感觉其实大部分西人的口头词汇是很少的，远远没坛子里的考过托G的词多，很可能这种情况西人就说 hard decision 了。。
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Catch-22 = an impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing, but you cannot do the other thing until you have done the first thing
e.g. a Catch-22 situation
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太牛了，除了dillema后面的基本都不知道
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is this chicken and egg?
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You are right...I should slap myself!
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我一开始想到的就是dillema，看了上面LS们的解释，发现其实dillema不是很合适LZ的情况，还是老妖和Rita的说法比较好。
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同路人啊， LS的都太地道了～
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那这个 Catch 22 该怎么发音？ Catch twenty-two or Catch two-two ? 多谢。
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another one I've heard before is "damned if you do, damned if you don't"
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