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Sophie's choice

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Noun
  1. 1
    A choice where every alternative has significant negative consequences.

    "As things turned out, all the enemy missiles were destroyed in flight -- two were hit very early after launch by an airborne laser system -- and a Sophie's choice was averted.""

Etymology

From the title of the book Sophie's Choice (1979), by William Styron, in which a mother is forced to decide which of her children will die.

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