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between Scylla and Charybdis Definition


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Scylla
noun
    1. Greek mythol.
      A six-headed sea monster situated on a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, opposite Charybdis a whirlpool.
Idiom: between Scylla and Charybdis
    Faced with danger on both sides, so that avoidance of one means exposure to the other.
Etymology: 16c: from Greek Skylla.



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