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In some senses, catch-22 is marked as idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
familiar, real, unable
VERB + CATCH-22
call
CATCH-22 + NOUN
situation
PREP.
in, until
ADV.
sometimes
noun
A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
For us it’s been a real Catch-22: when we have the time to take a vacation, we don’t have enough money, and when we have enough money, we don’t have the time.
Herein lies my personal “Catch 22”; the choice between three hours sleep and some discomfort or six hours sleep and real pain. Usually I choose the lesser evil of insomnia because in addition to the pain at 6am, I am incapacitated by the hangover from the sedative.
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Catch-22.
Passengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet then fall foul of the penalty fare regime.
For us it’s been a real Catch-22: when we have the time to take a vacation, we don’t have enough money, and when we have enough money, we don’t have the time.
WiktionaryHerein lies my personal “Catch 22”; the choice between three hours sleep and some discomfort or six hours sleep and real pain. Usually I choose the lesser evil of insomnia because in addition to the p
WiktionaryOverall, the subgrouping issue in S[ino-]T[ibetan] studies is plagued by a familiar Catch-22. Until a more complete reconstruction of P[roto-]S[ino-]T[ibetan] exists, it is difficult to accurately ide
WiktionaryPassengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet the
WiktionaryIf you're serious about solving the problem, then you cannot pose it as a Catch-22.
Tatoeba · #578533Call it a Catch-22, but sometimes, you just can't realistically come out on top.
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In some senses, catch-22 is marked as idiomatic. Watch for register when choosing this word.