Antonia: to be rock in a hard place

Hi,

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, Clive

Just 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

Hi 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!

Thanks Danyoo,

I have a lot of research to do.

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.

Hi,

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.

Clive

AnonymousThanks 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 har

Sorry, I've made a mistake, the writer says "my rock in the hard place", indeed.

Someone who is "my rock" is someone I can rely on for help whenever I need it, even in the most difficult times.

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