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МЕЖДУ (МЕЖ) ДВУХ ОГНЕЙ coll PrepP these forms only usu. adv or subj-compl with copula (subj: human, collect, or, rare, abstr) fixed WO

(to be, find o.s. ) in a difficult situation, when danger or trouble threatens from both sides

between two fires

between a rock and a hard place between the devil and the deep blue sea caught in the cross fire.

«Жена совершенно права. И без вас не сладко. Собачья жизнь, сумасшедший дом. Все время меж двух огней...» (Пастернак 1). "My wife is quite right. Things are bad enough without you. It's a dogs life, a madhouse. I am caught between two fires" (1a).

«Он (Андрей) оказался меж двух огней. Подозрение сверху и подозрение снизу...» (Аксёнов 12). "He's (Andrei is) caught between a rock and a hard place. Suspicion from above and suspicion from below..." (12a).