I suddenly found myself caught between a rock and a hard place.
This means that I am faced with two unpleasant alternatives.
By the way this is a hackneyed phrase - I would not use it .
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Hard rock, an example of soft rock is Barton-on-sea.
It is just the hard sort. Most hard rock was constructed by slow solidification of magma but some metamorphosed sedimentary and igneous rocks can also be considered to be 'hard rock'. And most igneous rocks except volcanic ejecta are hard. But to a geologist a hard rock usually means a slowly solidified magma in which minerals had time enough to form visible crystals.
It is a limestone, hard.
a sharp hard rock
I am between a rock and a hard place. The cat is between two dogs.
'between a rock and a hard place' This means you have two difficult options to choose from. Trying to help my friend with our term assignment puts me between a rock and a hard place because I don't want to tell him all my ideas but I want to help him.
The distance between a rock and a hard place.
Flip This House - 2005 Between a Rock and a Hard Place - 1.12 was released on: USA: 16 January 2006
Flip This House - 2005 Between a Rock and a Hard Place 1-12 was released on: USA: 16 January 2006
Snooki and JWOWW - 2012 Between a Rock and a Hard Place 2-8 is rated/received certificates of: Netherlands:6
Rude Awakening - 1998 Between a Rock Star and a Hard Place - 2.6 was released on: USA: 31 July 1999
James Bond Jr- - 1991 Between a Rock and a Hard Place 1-52 was released on: USA: 1991
The idiom "stuck between a rock and a hard place" is used to describe a situation where someone is faced with two equally difficult choices or options. It conveys a sense of being trapped or having limited options for resolution.
It is based on the book Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Aron Ralston.
The nouns in the sentence are frogs, place, and place.
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