When there is no option.

[Anand]

What is the appropriate idiom for situation where there is no option but to follow the only solution available, albeit you don't want to do it.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

What is the appropriate expression for a situation where there is no option but to follow the only solution available, albeit you don't want to do it.

Welcome, Anand!

- You have no choice.

- There's no way around it.

- It's unavoidable.

- There's no turning back.

 

[Rover_KE]

See also this thread.

 

[emsr2d2]

I knew the wording of this post rang a bell. Anand, did you copy rollingstone's question or do you have two accounts on the forum?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I knew the wording of this post rang a bell. . . .

Yes. Interesting synchronicity

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[Phaedrus]

The expanded version of "I have no choice" is "I have no choice but to [verb phrase]." We can also say: "I am left with no choice but to [verb phrase]."