בֵּין הַפַּטִּישׁ וְהַסָּדָן

ביטוי (אנגלית)

Between hammer and anvil / Between two evils / Between the devil and the deep blue sea

הגדרה (אנגלית)

Figuratively: being in a state of pressure coming from two opposing directions. A situation in which one must make a decision that could harm them from either side.

("They placed him on the anvil and began striking him with the hammer; the anvil split and the hammer cracked, yet nothing was missing" – Bereishit Rabbah 28:3; and: "The friends heard the words of H. Yehuda Chai and fell silent, because they saw themselves between the hammer and the anvil: on one side… and on the other…" – Y. Borla / Kisufim, 288)