Catch-22

Senso (Inglese)

A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.

Concetti

Comma 22

sinonimi

stuck

Etimologia (Inglese)

Coined by American author Joseph Heller in 1961 in his novel Catch-22, in which the main character feigns madness in order to avoid dangerous combat missions, but his desire to avoid them is taken to prove his sanity.