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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Hob·son's choice /ˈhɑbsənz-/
 沒有選擇餘地的選擇,唯一的選擇

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hob·son's choice A choice without an alternative; the thing offered or nothing.
 Note: ☞ It is said to have had its origin in the name of one Hobson, at Cambridge, England, who let horses, and required every customer to take in his turn the horse which stood next the stable door.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Hobson's choice
      n : the choice of taking what is offered or nothing at all