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A Catch-22

Idiom Literature

Meaning

A dilemma or difficult situation from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting conditions.

Example Sentences

"It’s a Catch-22—you can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job."

Related Expressions

cloak and dagger

involving secrecy, mystery, and deception

bottle up emotions

to keep feelings inside and not express them

Put all your eggs in one basket

to risk everything on a single opportunity

steam coming out of your ears

to look or feel extremely angry

knock it out of the park

to do something extremely well or successfully

dream on

used to say that something is unlikely to happen