catch-22
noun[SorU]
uk/ˌkætʃ.twen.tiˈtuː/us/ˌkætʃ.twen.tiˈtuː/animpossiblesituationwhere you arepreventedfrom doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing:
第22号军规;进退维谷的局面,两难情形a catch-22situation两难的处境
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- a rough rideidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- havesomeoneover a barrelidiom
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
- vortex