terrible dilemma

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleanddilemma

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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dilemma
noun[C]
uk
/daɪˈlem.ə/us
/daɪˈlem.ə/
a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you ...
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(Definition ofterribleanddilemmafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That will land them in aterribledilemma.
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You are in theterribledilemmathat faces you when you are dealing with unemployment generally.
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In these situations, humanitarian aid to victims is naturally unwelcome, and this leaves the world in aterribledilemma.
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The local borough were therefore faced with aterribledilemma.
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It is the financially weaker firm which faces thisterribledilemma.
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The young man has theterribledilemmaof passing up the promotion or selling this major asset at a loss.
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There are thousands of young people in thatterribledilemma.
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That is theterribledilemmathat faces us.
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That is theterribledilemmafaced by those in local government today.
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That places the democracies in aterribledilemmabecause a "phoney" war always finds the democracies at their worst and the totalitarians at their best.
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But we are caught in aterribledilemma.
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In my part of the country local authorities are faced with aterribledilemma.
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The miners present us with aterribledilemma.
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He pointed to theterribledilemmawhich was involved in counting heads.
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This is aterribledilemmato place upon the medical profession.
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There has been thisterribledilemma, that we can produce abundantly everything we need, without being able to distribute it.
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No amount of harping back to the past will help us out of theterribledilemmain which the country finds itself at present.
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The use of an adequate level of force is aterribledilemmafor the security forces.
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Aterribledilemmaarose because of the difficulties and the injustices experienced by people.
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We have understood theterribledilemmain which they have been placed.
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