跋前索后

跋前踬后的英文翻译

基本释义

• (of an aged wolf) to either step on the pouchy flesh under the chin (while going forward) or to trip over the tail (while dropping back): broadly: to be in a dilemma.

参考释义

跋前索后 [bá qián zhì hòu]

• - find oneself in a dilemma; be in a dilemma; between the devil and the deep (blue) sea; between [on] the horns of a dilemma; difficult either to advance or to retreat; equally difficult to go on or to retreat; meeting hindrances; no freedom in walking [in doing things] （比喻进退两难）