Between the devil and the deep blue sea - wikipedia Between the devil and the deep blue sea This article is about the idiom. For other uses, see Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( September 2009 ) This article appears to be a dictionary definition. Please rewrite it to present the subject from an encyclopedic point of view. If it can not be turned into a full encyclopedia article in the near future, consider moving it to Wiktionary. Steps for moving to Wiktionary : Check that this article meets Wiktionary 's criteria for inclusion. Check that Wiktionary does not have an article on this word or phrase, as verified using the search page. If Wiktionary has a definition already, change this tag to ( ( TWCleanup2 ) ) or else consider a soft redirect to Wiktionary by replacing the text on this page with ( ( Wi ) ). If Wiktionary does not have the definition yet, consider moving the whole article to Wiktionary by replacing this tag with the template ( ( Copy to Wiktionary ) ). This template will no longer automatically categorize articles as candidates to move to Wiktionary. Look up between the devil and the deep blue sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. `` Between the devil and the deep blue sea '' is an idiom meaning a dilemma -- i.e., to choose between two undesirable situations ( equivalent to `` between a rock and a hard place '' ). The first recorded citation of `` the Devil and the deep sea '' in print is in Robert Monro 's His expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mac - keyes, 1637 : `` I, with my partie, did lie on our poste, as betwixt the devill and the deep sea. '' See also Between Scylla and Charybdis References Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Between_the_devil_and_the_deep_blue_sea&oldid=795867310 '' Categories : Dilemmas English - language idioms Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from September 2009 All articles needing additional references Flagged dictionary definitions Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 17 August 2017, at 00 : 07 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: what is between the devil and the deep blue sea
Answer: an idiom meaning a dilemma