Yes, when neither choice is easy to make. Use this phrase only when both decisions are difficult to make. In other words, use this phrase when you find yourself between a rock and hard place. Do not use it in situations where a decision is easy to make, and when any choice will be a good one.
In our example, the choice between career and babies for women is likened to “poison” to signify the tough choice women have to face in adult life.
It’s a tough choice because, let’s face it, ideally all women would love to have both, a successful career as well as a bunch of healthy, happy babies.
Well, perhaps I exaggerated with “a bunch” of them but you get the idea.
In reality, however, working women often find it difficult to juggle between career and child rearing, many having to choose one as the expensive of the other.
And both are painful choices, of course. If they choose work now, they may regret it one day further down the road. If they choose babies over career, then same thing: somewhere further down the road, they may regret it.
Alright, here are sporting examples of other people who have their poison, of one type or another, to pick:
1. The summer hasn’t been kind to Arsene Wenger’s club at the Emirates. The Frenchman’s potential moves for the Gunners have been overshadowed by the massive cloud of the potential departures of his top duo—Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri.
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