Meaning of BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

When you are between a rock and a hard place it means that you have two really big problems

Cuando estás entre la espada y la pared , significa que tienes dos problemas realmente grandes

in your life and you have to figure out a way to solve both of them but they're both

en tu vida y tienes que encontrar una manera de resolverlos, pero ambos son

such huge problems you're not sure how you're going to get past them.

problemas tan grandes que no estás seguro de cómo resolverlos. los vas a pasar.

So let's come up with an example.

Así que pongámonos en un ejemplo.

Maybe your car is broken and you need to fix your car and it's going to be $2000 to fix

Tal vez su auto está averiado y necesita arreglarlo y va a costar $2000 para

it, and you don't have enough money in the bank.

arreglarlo, y no tiene suficiente dinero en el banco.

So you have that one problem.

Así que tienes ese problema.

You have the problem of your car needing to be fixed and then at the same time you lose

Tienes el problema de que tu coche necesita ser reparado y al mismo tiempo pierdes

your job.

tu trabajo.

You get fired from your job.

Te despiden de tu trabajo.

So you don't have any money coming in anymore.

Así que ya no tienes dinero entrando.

So on one side you have a very expensive car repair, and on the other side you have the

Entonces, por un lado, tiene una reparación de automóvil muy costosa y, por otro lado, tiene el

problem of losing your job.

problema de perder su trabajo.

You would be between a rock and a hard place.

Estarías entre la espada y la pared.