Hobson’s choice—the option of taking the one thing offered or nothing:
- There is presently only one stock exchange in Hong Kong and in that respect companies desiring a listing are given Hobson’s choice.
Sophie’s choice—(originally the title of the book by W. Styron) a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen:
- I’m not talking about situations like “Sophie’s Choice” where you are forced into a terrible no-win decision by an outsider…