颜色的常用英语表达：blue boys是蓝孩子？

 　　1、between the devil and the deep blue sea

　　having only two very unpleasant choices between a rock and a hard place

　　只能在两个非常讨厌的选项中选择，进退两难。

　　Their country is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea - their leaders cause great suffering, but an invasion aimed at overthrowing¹ them would bring many other problems.

　　他们的国家陷入了两难的选项中，他们的领导人带来了巨大的痛苦，但是想要推翻领导人而发动袭击则会带来许多其他的问题。

　　For most people a visit to the dentist is the result of a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea - if you go you suffer, and if you don't go you suffer.

　　对于大多数人来说去看牙医是左右为难后选出的结果，如果你去，那么受罪，而如果你不去，你还是受罪。

　　2、blue and white

　　a police car; the police. (Used in cities where the police cars are painted blue and white.)

　　警车

1 overthrowing   

v.打倒，推翻( overthrow的现在分词 )；使终止

参考例句：

• They succeeded in overthrowing the fascist dictatorship. 他们成功推翻了法西斯独裁统治。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I always delight in overthrowing those kinds of schemes. 我一向喜欢戳穿人家的诡计。 来自辞典例句