卡律布狄斯(Χαρυβδις,Kharybdis/Charybdis,「吞咽」之意):海王波塞冬(Poseidon)与大地女神该亚(Gaea)之女。为希腊神话中坐落在女海妖斯库拉隔壁的大漩涡怪,会吞噬所有经过的东西,包括船只。
这非常地贴切,除了这一点:斯库拉与卡律布狄斯标志着墨西拿海峡危险水域的出口,而那却是在意大利”。
This is very apt, except in one respect: Scylla and Charybdis mark the entrance to the dangerous waters of the Strait of Messina and are in Italy"."
他本愿和妻子与母亲都处好关系,但要讨好一方而不得罪另一方简直就如同驾船在斯库拉和卡律布狄斯之间航行, 两面为难。
He would have preferred to be on good term with both his wife and his mother, but the effort of pleasing one without offending the other was like steering between Scylla and Charybdis.
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