Group 4

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Team four is composed of:

21525 陳子傑21526 陳兆柏21527 陳冠珽21528 陳冠揚

What is“Between Scylla and Charybdis”

(1) in a situation where you have to choose

between two possible actions, but both are

dangerous or unpleasant.

(2) People sometimes also use the phrase "between a rock and a hard place" to mean the same thing."

Example:My ex-girlfriend is at my home now, and my girlfriend is ringing the bell now. Oh! My goodness. What can I do now! I am now between Scylla and Charybdis.

The phrase comes from the ancient Greek stories of Scylla, a monster,

The idiom comes from:

and Charybdis, a whirlpool (water that spins around and pulls things down into it),

Both of them killed sailors in the sea between Italy and Sicily.

After more and more people die between Scylla and Charybdis. Less and less people go there and it becomes a fairy tale which was said by ancestors.

There are many pictures about“Between Scylla and Charybdis”

Even one made with Lego

Thanks for your listening

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis#The_myth_and_the_proverb