no good options
- dilemmaForced choice between undesirables
- stuckUnable to move
- trappedUnable to escape
- catch-22Paradoxical no-win situation
- lose-loseSituation without good outcomes
deadlock · corner · bind · hopeless · impasse · stalemate · bleak · desperate · screwed · crossroads · quandary · predicament · impossible choice · backed into · checkmate · gridlock · futile · grim
quality of available choices
no good optionswin-win situation
Outcome benefiting all parties
embarrassment of riches · spoiled for choice · silver linings
abundance of favorable choices
no good optionsspoiled for choice
Having too many options
embarrassment of riches · flexibility · optionality · open doors · buyer's market