be on the horns of a dilemma

"The small guy is on the horns of a dilemma," he continued.

Cathy and her doctors were on the horns of a dilemma.

"I am on the horns of a dilemma about these honors," he had said to her some time ago.

"I am on the horns of a dilemma," he admitted.

One in this position has been traditionally described as "being on the horns of a dilemma", neither horn being comfortable.

Stirling, who had come direct from Eighth Army Headquarters, was on the horns of a dilemma.

'My son,' said Alex, 'you are on the horns of a dilemma.'

Madam President, I am really surprised at the last speaker, because this institution is on the horns of a dilemma, so I do not really know what her problem is.

With today's decision, the European Parliament has shown that it no longer wants women who are on the horns of a dilemma but women who are free and aware of their role in our society.

"This judge is on the horns of a dilemma," said Steven M. Melley, a lawyer in Rhinebeck, N.Y., who recently argued a civil case before Justice Hickman.

She could then duck a risky low spade return from West, win the third round of spades, and reach this tricky position: Diagram Now South can lead the heart ace, and West is on the horns of a dilemma.

EADS/Airbus is on the horns of a dilemma as a central element of the Gallois plan, designed to restore the group's fortunes after the crisis brought by delays to the A380 superjumbo, is to end duplication of work by its European plants - mainly French and German.