diabolical choice
Fiendishly difficult selection
A diabolical choice is a decision between two or more options that are all terrible—a situation engineered to guarantee suffering regardless of what you choose.
The phrase emphasizes the cruelty of the predicament, as if designed by a malevolent force: Sophie's Choice is the classic diabolical choice in fiction.
Sometimes called a devil's choice or devil's alternative.
- impossibleIncapable of occurring
- moral dilemmaChoice testing one's values
- devilEvil supernatural entity
- deal with the devilUnholy exchange for advantage
- Faustian bargainRuinous exchange for power
hellish · wicked · cruel · torment · sacrifice · damned · fiendish · sinister · trap · bargain · crossroads · evil · agonizing · rock and a hard place · catch 22 · lose-lose · Sophie · moral
diabolical choiceno-brainer
Self-evident decision
slam dunk · foregone conclusion · walk in the park · child's play
diabolical choicewin-win situation
Outcome benefiting all parties
win-win · embarrassment of riches · best of both worlds · spoiled for choice · champagne problem
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