valita ruton ja koleran väliltä

Finnish

Etymology

Compare French entre la peste et le choléra.

Verb

valita ruton ja koleran väliltä (literally, “to (have to) choose between the plague and cholera”)

  1. (idiomatic) to be caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, to have to choose between a rock and a hard place

Conjugation

See valita.

See also
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