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.)
A person who is honest and direct.
to make changes to something to make it more interesting or...
Time feels longer when you are waiting for something.
someone or something so good that it’s difficult to replace
to complete or carry out one's duties
outside the planned or expected area of focus