the lesser of two evils

뜻

the less bad of two bad options

나쁜 두 선택지 가운데 덜 나쁜 쪽.

예문

1. 1Neither flat is great, but the one near the station is the lesser of two evils.
2. 2Staying late or coming in on Saturday? Staying late seems the lesser of two evils.
3. 3Both routes home were jammed, so we took the motorway as the lesser of two evils.
4. 4A long wait at the airport seemed the lesser of two evils compared with missing our connection.
5. 5Is paying the late fee really the lesser of two evils, or should we cancel the whole order?

문법

명사구로, 보통 be, seem, choose 뒤에 쓴다. 정관사 the와 복수형 evils는 그대로 둔다.