The pirates had to fight and be killed or give up and be hanged ; they were between scylla and charybdis .
海盗们要么搏斗、被击毙，要么投降、被绞死，反正他们是濒临绝境了。
He was between scylla and charybdis , for his company had betrayed him .
他的同伴背叛了他，至使他腹背受敌。
If , in the middle east , america remains caught between the scylla of the autocrats and the charybdis of the terrorists , asian countries could soon start thinking of new security arrangements without america .
