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A Catch-22

A Catch-22 (a katch-vingt-deux)

Idiom Literature

Signification

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

Une situation ou un dilemme sans issue à cause de conditions contradictoires. (un situasyon o un dilemm san isyu a koz de kondisyons kontradiktwar)

Phrases d'exemple

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

"C’est un 'Catch-22' — tu ne peux pas obtenir un emploi sans expérience, mais tu ne peux pas acquérir d’expérience sans emploi." (se un catch-22 tu ne pe pa obtenyr un anplwa san eksperyans me tu ne pe pa akerir d eksperyans san anplwa)

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