Definition of between a rock and a hard place
between a rock and a hard place
- in an impossible situation.
Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'a': | |
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| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
| Definitions include: In the West/Central Canadian accent, "about" is pronounced somewhere between "aboot" and "a boat". | |
| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: Playing around | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: a few drinks of alcohol. | |
Other terms relating to 'and': | |
| Definitions include: Assault and Battery | |
| Definitions include: Rain. | |
| Definitions include: Cockney rhyme for ''believe''. | |
| Definitions include: to talk a lot but never take action. | |
| Definitions include: clumsy. | |
| Definitions include: better than all that. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: Without substance, All talk and no action | |
| Definitions include: a lot of money. | |
| Definitions include: to get fouled in basketball and make the basket | |
| Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: et cetera. | |
| Definitions include: used to indicate an extreme condition or an excessive amount. | |
| Definitions include: a quantity between 1 and one order of magnitude lower than the quantity previously mentioned. | |
| Definitions include: interjection of agreement. | |
Other terms relating to 'between': | |
| Definitions include: in bed. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "problem exists between keyboard and chair". | |
| Definitions include: to look for hidden subtext. | |
Other terms relating to 'hard': | |
| Definitions include: very good. | |
| Definitions include: To say "I go Hard in the paint" for example means I'm not to be played with, I'm serious with mine. | |
| Definitions include: "cool", "neat", "awesome". | |
| Definitions include: liquor. | |
| Definitions include: a stubborn person. | |
| Definitions include: non-romanticized. | |
| Definitions include: To be an aficionado, usually but not exclusively, at partying. | |
| Definitions include: a life during which many bad things happen. | |
| Definitions include: tough. | |
| Definitions include: an erect penis. | |
| Definitions include: unattractive. | |
| Definitions include: a difficult thing to accept. | |
| Definitions include: hard drugs. | |
| Definitions include: in desperate want for. | |
| Definitions include: to excite a person. | |
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Other terms relating to 'place': | |
| Definitions include: an envisioned calm place. | |
| Definitions include: a residence. | |
| Definitions include: sleeping with someone. | |
| Definitions include: to deflate someone's over-inflated ego. | |
Other terms relating to 'rock': | |
| Definitions include: a genre of psychedelic rock music. | |
| Definitions include: an unintelligent person. | |
| Definitions include: derogatory term for heavy metal music, usually from the 1980s. | |
| Definitions include: a buttrocker is someone who listens to buttrock (white trashy glam rock) and is pretty much white trash. | |
| Definitions include: Something beyond desirable, something needed constantly. | |
| Definitions include: Someone who lacks cleanliness, good manners, and employment. | |
| Definitions include: extremely unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: very unintelligent. | |
| Definitions include: to enjoy in a sexual sense. | |
| Definitions include: to be at one's lowest point in life. | |
| Definitions include: to go away, to get kicked out | |
| Definitions include: crazy, out of control. | |
| Definitions include: crack/coke/rock; a type of drug the can come in a rock form and when you smoke it, it makes a popping sound. | |
| Definitions include: progressive rock. | |
| Definitions include: to be very good, to rock. | |
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