It is a saying to mean a person is in a tight or rough spot of difficulty.
Nurses - 1991 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2-17 was released on: USA: 6 February 1993
The cast of The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - 2014 includes: Jessica Biel as Penny Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Henry Mary Steenburgen as Julia
Seven Days - 1998 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 2-10 was released on: USA: 5 January 2000
Westside Medical - 1977 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 1-8 was released on: USA: 14 July 1977
This phrase means that someone is stuck between two equally challenging or undesirable situations, with no easy way out. They are faced with a difficult decision or dilemma with no good options available to them.
Father Dowling Mysteries - 1989 The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Mystery 3-3 was released on: USA: 4 October 1990
Simon and Simon - 1981 Caught Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea 3-7 was released on: USA: 10 November 1983
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It means to be stuck between two equally horrible choices - as if you were in between Satan and the bottomless ocean, with nowhere else to go."Between the devil and the deep blue sea" is an idiom meaning a dilemma-to choose between two undesirable situations
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea - 1995 is rated/received certificates of: Argentina:13 Finland:K-12 Finland:K-11 (new rating: 2001) France:U Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) Spain:13 Sweden:11
If you have a choice between going to school and taking an exam that you forgot to study for, or confessing to your parents that you're failing the class, then you're between the devil and the deep blue sea.
At the beginning of the sentence (Deep blue sea) or when it forms part of the proper noun or when it is used in the title (Deep Blue Sea).