damned if one does and damned if one doesn't

英语

其他写法

• you're damned if you do and you're damned if you don't

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谚语

damned if one does and damned if one doesn't (无比较级)

1.  左右为难

   If John leaves for New York to follow his career, his father will disinherit him. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.

   如果约翰去纽约开展他的事业，他父亲就不让他继承家产。这可真是左右为难。

   Damned if I do and damned if I don't.

   Damned if you do and damned if you don't.

近义词

• no-win situation
• catch-22
• inevitability
• between a rock and a hard place
• between Scylla and Charybdis
• between the devil and the deep sea
• pick your poison
• dilemma