Mahi93
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Hello all,
From the movie "Timbuktu 2014"
Excerpt subtitling:
I think the father means, here, ‘when things run out of hand’. (Please correct me if I’m wrong.)
Thirst and drought seem perfectly at their place here because these people live in the desert.
But, can this idiom also be used in other situations?
From the movie "Timbuktu 2014"
Excerpt subtitling:
Mother - Everyone fled.
Mother - There's no one left.
Mother - We're the only ones.
Father - I'd rather we stayed here.
Father - Where would we go?
Father - What's the use of fleeing all the time?
Father - Where would I take Toya, between thirst and drought?
Mother - Still, we could get closer to other people.
I think the father means, here, ‘when things run out of hand’. (Please correct me if I’m wrong.)
Thirst and drought seem perfectly at their place here because these people live in the desert.
But, can this idiom also be used in other situations?