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Between Scylla and Charybdis. Group 4. Team four is composed of:. 陳子傑 陳兆柏 陳冠珽 陳冠揚. What is “ Between Scylla and Charybdis ”. (1) in a situation where you have to choose between two possible actions, but both are dangerous or unpleasant. .

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Group 4

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  1. Between Scylla and Charybdis Group 4

  2. Team four is composed of: • 陳子傑 • 陳兆柏 • 陳冠珽 • 陳冠揚

  3. What is “Between Scylla and Charybdis” (1) in a situation where you have to choose between two possible actions, but both are dangerous or unpleasant.

  4. (2) People sometimes also use the phrase "between a rock and a hard place" to mean the same thing."

  5. Example: My ex-girlfriend is at my home now, and my girlfriend is ringing the bell now. Oh! My goodness. What can I do now! I am now between Scylla and Charybdis.

  6. The idiom comes from: The phrase comes from the ancient Greek stories of Scylla, a monster,

  7. and Charybdis, a whirlpool (water that spins around and pulls things down into it),

  8. Both of them killed sailors in the sea between Italy and Sicily.

  9. After more and more people die between Scylla and Charybdis. Less and less people go there and it becomes a fairy tale which was said by ancestors.

  10. There are many pictures about “Between Scylla and Charybdis”

  11. Even one made with Lego

  12. Thanks for your listening http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis#The_myth_and_the_proverb

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