between a rock and a hard place

After meeting again that afternoon with Donna, Wilbur had advised her that she was indeed between a rock and a hard place. She could not hope to recover and build back the lost business until the suits were settled, and it appeared that the only way to settle the suits without going to court was to liquidate the mortuary assets or tap into the Clifton's personal funds.

Husbands, it seems to me, are caught between the Rock of Feminism and the Hard Place of their own marriages […]