double bind

A no-win situation. When both of Sally's jobs scheduled her to work on the same day, she was put in a double bind. She needed both incomes and could not afford to lose either position.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ra'd	-	Arabic
Donka	-	Bulgarian
Yuliy	-	Russian
Anstruther	['ænstrʌðə]
Jeanette	zha-NET (French), jə-NET (English), shah-NET (Swedish)	French, English, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch
GÜRsel	-	Turkish