进退维谷

fǎn dòng dāng jú jìn tuì wéi gǔ yǐ jīng bù dé rén xīn

反动当局进退维谷，已经不得人心。

The reactionary authorities are between two fires and have been discredited.

wǒ xiàn rù le jìn tuì wéi gǔ de jìng dì

我陷入了进退维谷的境地。

I've been placed in an impossible position.