劍橋詞典?be in a cleft stick to be in a situation where it is very difficult to decide what to do, usually because both of your two choices of action would cause problems 進(jìn)退維谷，左右為難；陷于窘境 UN troops are in a cleft stick : something has to be done for the civilian population , yet to retaliate would surely be the spark to ignite all-out war . 聯(lián)合國軍隊(duì)進(jìn)退兩難：為了平民不得不采取行動(dòng)，可是還擊勢必會引發(fā)全面戰(zhàn)爭。 返回 cleft stick