進退両難

しんたいりょうなん

noun

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being driven to the wall, finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea, finding oneself between a rock and a hard place(yojijukugo)

進	advance, proceed, progress, promote
退	retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
両	both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
難	difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect