http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/2/cvvbc/Post.htm#190328Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:190328Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/2/cvvbc/Post.htm#190328http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-190328.xmlThanks Nefhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/2/cvvbc/Post.htm#190283Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:190283Nef1http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/2/cvvbc/Post.htm#190283http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-190283.xmlSomeone who is "my rock" is someone I can rely on for help whenever I need it, even in the most difficult times.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188506Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188506Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188506http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188506.xmlSorry, I've made a mistake, the writer says "my rock in the hard place", indeed.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188375Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188375MrPedantic3http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188375http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188375.xmlAnonymous wrote: Thanks Danyoo, I have a lot of resaerch to do now. p.s. Actually the writer said: He was my rock on the hard place. Perhaps the writer was in a difficult situation ("a hard place"), and the other person offered stability of some kind ("he was my rock"). (But it sounds as if it ought to read "he was my rock in the hard place".) MrPhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188271Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188271Clive4http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188271http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188271.xmlHi, This just seems like a variation on the standard wording, that the writer finds amusing or meaningful. I don't undrstand it myself, but I didn't write it and I don't know their relationship. Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188178Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188178Anonymous5http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188178http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188178.xmlThanks Danyoo, I have a lot of resaerch to do now. p.s. Actually the writer said: He was my rock on the hard place.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188176Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188176Anonymous6http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188176http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188176.xmlThanks Danyoo, I have a lot of research to do.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188162Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188162Anonymous7http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188162http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188162.xmlHi Clive, what could that mean in the context of acknowledgments in the end of the book: Thanks to XY who has been a rock on the hard place. Sorry for being pain in the neck!http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188161Tue, 26 May 2009 20:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188161Danyoo8http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188161http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188161.xmlJust want to share this piece of info I found at http://www.word-detective.com/back-h2.html "Between a rock and a hard place" is a modern, non-literary variation on the much older "Between Scylla and Charybdis." Homer, in "The Odyssey" (written about 850 B.C.), describes a perilously narrow sea passage his hero must navigate between Scylla, a terrifying monster, and Charybdis, a massive whirlpool. From Homer's time up until fairly recently, "Between Scylla and Charybdis" was a common metaphor for a perilous or difficult situation. With classical studies somewhat in eclipse these days (putting it mildly), the less demanding "Between a rock and a hard place" is far more commonly heard.http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188011Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:188011Clive9http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htm#188011http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-188011.xmlHi, It seems to be an intentionally or unintentionally mixed up version of a common saying. Think of this: if you want to crack open a nut, put it on a hard place and then hit it with a rock. Now, the saying is 'He's between a rock and a hard place' . It means 'He's in a very difficult situation'. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htmMon, 26 Jan 2009 21:53:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:187869Anonymous10http://www.englishforums.com/English/AntoniaRockHardPlace/cvvbc/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-187869.xmlCan you tell me what it means? (refuge, shelter?) Thanks