Faustian dilemma (English, noun)
expansion: Faustian dilemma (plural Faustian dilemmas)
Senses:
glosses: Having to choose between an option that promises short-term gain with foreseeable adverse long-term consequences, and an alternative option with no short-term gain and possibly even short-term suffering, but promising an eventually better future than the first option.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: Faustian dilemmas
tags: plural