词典释义：
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On the subject of cigarette smoking to prevent Parkinson's disease, it is like being caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
在吸烟预防帕金森病这个问题上，人们面临两难抉择。
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His enemy was close behind him, and the bridge over the ravine was rotten and swaying. Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, he hesitated.
敌人就在背后，而前面横跨在深谷之上的桥已经腐朽不堪，摇摇晃晃。他处在两难之中，犹豫了起来。
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He was hanging over the side of the ship, working between the devil and the deep blue sea.
他被悬吊在船侧，工作在“去见恶魔与跳入大海的境地”。
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A cynic should have cause to be grateful, since to see your amorous sweet devil of a son wedded to an Oxford-Bloomsbury blue-stocking should add considerably to the gaiety of the season.
我想当看到你那多情的魔鬼般可爱的儿子与一个牛津布卢姆茨伯里派的才女的结婚为这个季节增添更多欢乐的时候，连那些愤世嫉俗的家伙们也都会开始心怀感激了吧。
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I was taken to court to pay my husband's debts, which I was told I had to pay or else go to prison, so I was between the devil and the deep blue sea.
我正处于进退两难的境地：要么被带到法庭，偿清丈夫的债务，要么进监狱，这就是他们所告诉我的。
丹·卡西迪（Dan Cassidy）是 dc漫画超级英雄，一名虔诚的天主教徒，职业是特技演员，他通常扮演一些精灵或魔鬼类的角色。改变他平静生活的是红粉知己、电影人玛拉·布隆伯格（Marla Bloomberg）的一部电影《蓝魔》（Blue Devil），他在其中扮演一个蓝色的魔鬼角色。为了使形象更加逼真，卡西迪制作了全身蓝色魔鬼的衣服，这套服装外面是一套蓝色软甲，内有动力和烟火装置；同时，卡西迪还制作了一件武器——三叉戟，该武器由火箭系统所环绕，并且可以飞行。