As Ruth Frear said, between Scylla and Charybdis is the oft-quoted
phrase (2 giant floating rocks that slammed together to crush ships) but
between Cerberus and Chimaera has a nice ring to it, Cerberus being the
giant three headed dog that guards the underworld (and secret rooms at
Hogwarts) and a chimaera being a fire breathing monster with the head of
a lion, body of a goat and tail of a serpent ...(hmm...describes some
attorneys I know....)
Bob Ryan
Hill, Farrer & Burrill
Los Angeles
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Frear, Ruth
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:56 AM
To: Storck, Mariann (USACO); law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: RE: Quotation Help
Try "between Scylla and Charybdis"
Ruth A. Frear
Senior Information Specialist
Research/Library Services Group
CCH Incorporated, a Wolters Kluwer business
2700 Lake Cook Road, Riverwoods, IL 60015
847.267.2798 (voice); 847-267-2516 (fax)
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Storck, Mariann (USACO)
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:49 AM
To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Quotation Help
Hi,
This is what was sent to me: "Between Cerebus and Chymera?"
But I discovered it should be Cerberus and Chimera or Chimaera.
I've checked many quotation sites, case law, journals, news, etc (hoping
someone else had used it), a couple of search engines, Project Gutenberg
. . .
The requestor thought it was used in the same context as "between a rock
and a hard place". I'm thinking it doesn't exist. I'm asking the list
in case someone has heard of it or used it personally.
Thanks!
Mariann
Legal Information Specialist
US Attorneys Office
1225 17th St., Suite 700
Denver, CO 80202
TEL: 303-454-0225
FAX: 303-454-0403
E: mariann dot storck@usdoj.gov
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