进退两难进退维谷jìn tuì liǎng nán

be stranded; be between Scylla and Charybdis; be between the devil and the deep sea; be difficult to advance or retreat (/to go forward or back/to proceed or draw back); be in a dilemma (/in a quandary/in a cleft stick/in a tight box /in a nice fix /in a nice hobble/in chancery/on the horns of a dilemma/up a tree); have (/hold) a wolf by the ears; at a plunge; get into the hat ; stand at a nonplus; be on the rocks
❍ 孔明曰： “既主公在涪关～之际，亮不得不去。”(《三国演义》545) Then Kongming said，“I must go to help our lord; he is hemmed in at the Pass and cannot move.”/揭谛道： “唐僧在蛇盘山鹰愁陡涧失了马，急得孙大圣～。……” (《西游记》204)“The Tang monk lost his horse at the Eagle Grief Stream of the Serpent Coil Mountain，” said the Guardian，“and the Great Sage Sun was placed in a terrible dilemma.”/王伦当初苦苦相留，俺却不曾落草，如今脸上又添了金印，却去投奔他时，好没志气。因此踌躇未决，～。(《水浒全传》191) Wang Lun pleaded with me to stay,but I didn’t want to become an outlaw.I’m not going to look very gallant if I join him now,when I have the tattoo of the criminal on my face.That’s why I’ve been hesitating.I can’t make up my mind.
❍ 我呢？董家源卖掉了，三兄弟分了家，每人所得无几，妻室儿女四五口，将来吃什么啦？真是～。(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—112) As for me,I have no farm,and very few savings since what little mother left was divided between my brothers and myself. I can’t even imagine now what my family of five are going to live on through the long years to come. Indeed,I am in a difficult situation.
❍ 她站在那儿～，就没有开口。(周而复《上海的早晨》Ⅰ—282) She stood there in a quandary,not saying a word.
❍ 呆子又不敢上他门，又没人看守马匹、行李，果是～，怆惶不已。(《西游记》283)Idiot dared not approach the cave,since there was no one else to guard the horse and the luggage. Deeply distressed and not knowing what to do.
❍ 人亦有言，“进退维谷”。(《诗经·大雅·桑柔》)“Advance! Retreat!”thus people say: “There’s equal danger either way.”

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