進しん退たい両りょう難なん

noun

between a rock and a hard place; driven to the wall; in a dilemma with no good options

A yojijukugo describing a situation where one can neither advance nor retreat, caught in a difficult dilemma.

• 彼かれは進しん退たい両りょう難なんの状じょう況きょうに陥おちいった。

  He found himself between a rock and a hard place.

• 進しん退たい両りょう難なんの立たち場ばで、どちらの選せん択たくも厳きびしい。

  In a dilemma with no good options, either choice is tough.