这几句话如何翻译?rock and the hard place又是什么意思?

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这几句话如何翻译?rock and the hard place又是什么意思?
The Liberian government was aware of the risks associated with Zmapp, but the alternative was to allow many more people to die, Information Minister Lewis Brown told the BBC on Monday.
"The alternative for not testing this is death, a certain death," he said,
"This is not even the rock and the hard place for us," he said, referring to the country's health services, which he says are overburdened with patients carrying the disease.

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rock and the hard place：岩石和坚硬的地方 The Liberian government was aware of the risks associated with Zmapp,but the alternative was to allow many more people to die,Information Minister Lewis Brown told the BBC on Monday.
"The alternative for not testing this is death,a certain death," he said,
"This is not even the rock and the hard place for us," he said,referring to the country's health services,which he says are overburdened with patients carrying the disease.：
利比里亚政府意识到这些风险与Zmapp有关,但另一种选择是让更多的人死去,信息部长路易斯·布朗周一告诉BBC.
“另一种没有测试这是死亡,一定死,”他说,
“这不是连岩石和坚硬的地方,”他说,指的是国家的卫生服务,他说病人携带的疾病负担过重.