Between a rock and a hard place

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"I'd like to help you but I am stuck between a rock and a hard place."

Sometimes we don't know what to do. What would you do if you were a doctor and had to decide  who would survive  between two good friends  ? Certainly you would be between a rock and a hard place.


In my country we say we are between the cross and the sword " Entre a cruz e a espada "