Hobson's choice
noun[U]
uk/ˌhɒb.sənz ˈtʃɔɪs/us/ˌhɑːb.sənz ˈtʃɔɪs/asituationin which itseemsthat you canchoosebetween different things oractions, but there is really only one thing that you can take or do:
别无选择的局面It'sacaseofHobson'schoice, because if I don'tagreetotheirterms, I'lllosemyjob.我没有选择的余地，因为如果不答应他们的条件，我就会失去工作。
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- a rough rideidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex