By the time we got to the bar it was Hobson's choice - white wine or nothing.
我们到达酒吧时,已经没有选择的余地了-除了白葡萄酒以外其它什么也没有。
One of these expressions is Hobson's choice. It often is used to describe a difficult choice. But that is not what it really means. Its real meaning is to have no choice at all.
a choice of taking what is available or nothing at all
无选择余地的选择。
词源
"mid 17th cent.: named after Thomas Hobson (1554—1631), a Cambridge carrier who hired out horses, giving the customer the ‘choice' of the one nearest the door or none at all."