我讨厌陷入霍布森设置的选择：不是白干，就是下岗。【正译】我讨厌这种没有选择的选择：不是白干，就是下岗。

I hate to be caught in this Hobson's choice: work without salary or lay off.

youdao

因此，“霍布森的选择”实际上是指别无选择。

Thus, a Hobson's choice was really no choice.

youdao

而其中一个表便是霍布森的选择。它常被用来描述一个困难的抉择。但这还不是这个表语的确切含义。它真正的含义是根本别无选择。

One of these expressions is Hobson's choice. It often is used to describe a difficult choice. But that is not what it really means. Its real meaning is to have no choice at all.

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