JAMB - English Language (2014 - No. 4)
Select the option that best explains the information conveyed in the sentence.
The president said that he found himself between a rock and a hard place when the press said that he has resigned.
Hard places are dangerous for the president.
He dreamt that he was abandoned.
He thought that hard places were unsafe.
He had a hard decision to make.
Explication
If you are caught between a rock and a hard place, you are in a difficult situation where you have to choose between two equally unpleasant courses of action.