devil's choice

[Jonathan Lighter]

All right.

That should have been "2011" "Avon" and "Mass."

I blame the Imp of the Perverse.

JL

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:

> "A forced choice between two almost equally objectionable alternatives."
>
> 2010 Chris Barsanti _Filmology_ (Amherst, Mss.: Adams Media) 221:  ...given
> a devil's choice between certain death and very likely death.
> No OED. 5000+ Googlits.
>
> JL
>
> --
> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
>



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