| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Dilemma |
| | | A pond in front and a stream behind. (Between two evils.) Modern Greek. | 1 |
| A precipice in front, a wolf behind. Latin. | 2 |
| Between hawk and buzzard. | 3 |
| Between Scylla and Charybdis. | 4 |
| Between the devil and the deep sea. | 5 |
| Between the hammer and the anvil. German, Dutch. | 6 |
| Flying from the bull he fell into the river. Spanish. | 7 |
| I have a wolf by the ears, I can neither part with her nor keep her. Terence. | 8 |
| In avoiding Charybdis he falls into Scylla. | 9 |
| Like the boy with the bear, he couldn’t hold on’t and was afraid to let go. | 10 |
| To be aground on the same rock. (To be in the same dilemma.) Latin. | 11 |
| To be in the same hospital. | 12 | | |
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