devil's choice

[Jonathan Lighter]

"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

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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