CHOOSE THE LESS OF TWO EVILS

Meaning of CHOOSE THE LESS OF TWO EVILS in English

pick the least bad option

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CHOOSE THE LESS OF TWO EVILS — выбрать меньшее из двух зол
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CHOOSE THE LESS OF TWO EVILS — выбрать меньшее из двух зол
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TWO — number COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES 3 feet/1 cm/two inches etc thick ▪ The walls are about two meters thick. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Английский словарь Британика
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, adjective & pron., from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESS — I. ˈles adjective ( less·er ˈlesə(r) ; least ˈlēst) Etymology: Middle English lasse, las, less, lesse, partly from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHOOSE — I. ˈchüz verb ( chose ˈchōz ; cho·sen ˈchōz ə n ; or obs chose ; choosing ; chooses ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LESS — lə̇s adjective suffix Etymology: Middle English -les, -lesse, from Old English -lēas, from lēas devoid, false; akin to Old Saxon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LESS — (a.) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; a horse …
Английский словарь Webster
CHOOSE — (v. t.) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; …
Английский словарь Webster
LESS — ( a. ) Smaller; not so large or great; not so much; shorter; inferior; as, a less quantity or number; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOOSE — ( v. t. ) To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TWO — /tooh/ , n. 1. a cardinal number, 1 plus 1. 2. a symbol for this number, as 2 or II. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LESS — /les/ , adv., a compar. of little with least as superl. 1. to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHOOSE — — choosable , adj. — chooser , n. /choohz/ , v. , chose; chosen or ( Obs. ) chose; choosing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TWO — I. ˈtü adjective Etymology: Middle English twa, two, from Old English twā (feminine & neuter); akin to Old English twēgen …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LESS — I. ˈles adjective, comparative of (I) little Etymology: Middle English, partly from Old English lǣs, adverb & noun; partly from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CHOOSE — verb ( chose ˈchōz ; cho·sen ˈchō-z ə n ; choos·ing ˈchü-ziŋ) Etymology: Middle English chosen, from Old English cēosan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TWO — noun one and one; twice one. 2. two ·noun a symbol representing two units, as 2, ii., or ii. 3. …
Webster English vocab
LESS — noun a smaller portion or quantity. 2. less ·conj unless. 3. less ·noun the inferior, younger, or smaller. 4. less …
Webster English vocab
CHOOSE — vi to do otherwise. 2. choose ·vi to make a selection; to decide. 3. choose ·vt to wish; to desire; …
Webster English vocab
TWO — [two] adj [ME twa, two, fr. OE twa (fem. & neut.); akin to OE twegen two (masc.), tu (neut.), OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LESS — [less] adj, comparative of [1]little [ME, partly fr. OE laes, adv. & n.; partly fr. laessa, adj.; akin to OFris …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CHOOSE — [choose] vb chose ; cho.sen ; choos.ing [ME chosen, fr. OE ceosan; akin to OHG kiosan to choose, L gustare …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TWO — / tuː; NAmE / number 2 HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESS — / les; NAmE / determiner , pronoun , adverb , preposition ■ determiner , pronoun used with uncountable nouns to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHOOSE — / tʃuːz; NAmE / verb ( chose / tʃəʊz; NAmE tʃoʊz/, chosen / ˈtʃəʊzn; NAmE ˈtʃoʊzn/) 1. choose (between A …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TWO — two /tuː/ BrE AmE number [ Language: Old English ; Origin: twa ] 1 . the number 2: I’ll be …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LESS — I. less 1 S1 W1 /les/ BrE AmE adverb 1 . not so much or to a smaller degree OPP …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CHOOSE — choose S1 W1 /tʃuːz/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense chose /tʃəʊz $ tʃoʊz/, past participle chosen /ˈtʃəʊz ə n …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LESS — adj., adv., n., & prep. --adj. 1 smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc. (of less importance; in a less …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CHOOSE — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1 tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TWO — n. & adj. n. 1 one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LESS — adj., adv., n., & prep. adj. 1 smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc. (of less importance; in a less …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CHOOSE — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1 tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TWO — n. & adj. --n. 1. one more than one; the sum of one unit and another unit. 2 a symbol …
Oxford English vocab
LESS — adj., adv., n., & prep. --adj. 1. smaller in extent, degree, duration, number, etc. (of less importance; in a less …
Oxford English vocab
CHOOSE — v. (past chose; past part. chosen) 1. tr. select out of a greater number. 2 intr. (usu. foll. by between, …
Oxford English vocab
TWO — ( twos) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Two is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Less' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CHOOSE — ( chooses, choosing, chose, chosen) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LESS — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Less' is often considered to be …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LESS — adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bit more/less ▪ Can we have a bit less noise, please? be more so/less …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CHOOSE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES arbitrarily chosen ▪ an arbitrarily chosen number carefully planned/chosen/controlled etc ▪ carefully chosen words choose …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TWO — [determiner], [pronoun], [noun] [plural] twos - (the number) 2They've got two houses.He's got two leather jackets already.I spent two years …
Cambridge English vocab
CHOOSE — [verb] [past simple] chose, [past participle] chosen - to decide (what you want) from a range of things or possibilitiesAll …
Cambridge English vocab
TWO — n. two groups step for two Two Sicilies Kingdom of the
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TWO — Synonyms and related words : biform, bifurcated, bilateral, bipartisan, bipartite, both, brace, couple, couplet, dichotomous, distich, double, double harness, doublet, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CHOOSE — Synonyms and related words : adopt, aim at, be desirous of, choose to, choosy, co-opt, command, covet, crave, cull, decide, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Slang English vocab
TWO — n. two handed two time two wheeler
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CHOOSE — verb ADVERB ▪ carefully , wisely ▪ He chose his words carefully. ▪ freely ▪ They can ~ freely from …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TWO — INDEX: 1. two 2. two people 3. two things of the same type that are used together 4. each one …
Longman Activator English vocab
LESS — INDEX: 1. a smaller amount or number 2. less than a number or amount 3. less interesting, expensive, difficult, exciting …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHOOSE — INDEX: 1. to decide which one you want 2. to finally choose something after considering all the possibilities 3. to …
Longman Activator English vocab
CHOOSE — See ↑ CHOOSE 1,4,5, ↑ DECIDE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ there is little to choose between/there is not much to …
Longman Activator English vocab
LESS — adj. 25B6; pronoun the fare is less than £1 : A SMALLER AMOUNT, not so/as much as, under, below. more. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TWO — See: BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA or BETWEEN TWO FIRES, TWO CENTS, BIRD IN THE HAND IS …
Словарь английских идиом
EVILS — veils
Anagrams English vocabulary
LESS — I pronoun BAD : If there were less cars on the roads, there would be less accidents. GOOD : If …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
CHOOSE — verb 1 BAD : If you choose to see a film, we can go to the cinema instead. GOOD : …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
TWO — 1. числ. колич. два 2. сущ. 1) двойка 2) мн. второй номер, размер 3) двое; пара 4) два года; два …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LESS — 1. прил.; сравн. от little 1) меньший (о размере, продолжительности, числе и т. п.) in a less/lesser degree ≈ в …
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