They (local Authorities) Are Caught Between The Deep Blue Sea Of The Rates And The Frying-pan Of The Poll Tax.

They (local Authorities) Are Caught Between The Deep Blue Sea Of The Rates And The Frying-pan Of The Poll Tax.

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They (local authorities) are caught between the deep blue sea of the rates
and the frying-pan of the Poll Tax.

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When a man is between the devil and the deep blue sea, his fear of drowning generally triumphs.
This is an egg. This is a frying pan. Any questions?
A blow from the frying pan, if it doesn't hurt, blackens. -- Proverb from "Life in Hell
Leape out of the frying pan into the fyre. -- John Heywood (c.
1565) -- Proverbes, Part ii, Chap. v...
Sweet Loretta Fat, she thought she was a cleaner, but she was a frying pan... -- Beatle
We feel free when we escape -- even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire. -- Eric Hoffe
Woman like frying pan, must be hot before meat is put in. -- Confucius Say
Let me leap out of the frying-pan into the fire; -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iii, Chap.
iv...
The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free!
-- Bryan W. Procter (1787-1874) -- The Sea...