to be in a very difficult or challenging situation
находиться в очень сложной или трудной ситуации (nakhoditsya v ochen slozhnoy ili trudnoy situatsii)
"He found himself a rock in a hard place when he had to choose between two difficult options."
"Он оказался a rock in a hard place, когда ему пришлось выбирать между двумя трудными вариантами." (On okazalsya **a rok in a khard pleis**, kogda yemu prishlos' vybirat' mezhdu dvumya trudnymi variantami.)
You can't expect to achieve something without taking risks.
a perfect couple, very well suited for each other
feeling slightly unwell or upset
to try to teach someone something they are set in their ways...
personification of luck as a woman who brings good fortune
to become more liked or appreciated over time