Skylla ja Kharybdis
Finnish
Phrase
Skylla ja Kharybdis
- Scylla and Charybdis (metaphor of two equally perilous threats or courses of action between which one needs to navigate)
- 1973, Juhani Suomi, Talvisodan tausta: Suomi Neuvostoliiton ulkopolitiikassa 1937-39 [Background of the Winter War: Finland in the Soviet Foreign Policy between 1937 - 1939], Tammi, →ISBN:
- Tällöin Suomi joutuisi tilanteeseen, jossa auttajaa koskeva valinta olisi tehtävä Skyllan ja Kharybdiksen [Natsi-Saksa ja Neuvostoliitto] välillä. Kumpikin vaihtoehto olisi vaarallinen.
- Then Finland would end up in a situation in which the choice concerning source of help should be made between Scylla and Charybdis [Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union]. Both options would be dangerous.
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Declension
Declension of Skylla ja Kharybdis (type nuoripari)
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