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The origin of this idiomatic expression may, for all we know, lie exactly in this part of Exodus, where the children of Israel are squeezed between the advancing chariots of Pharaoh and the deep blue sea behind their backs. The moment is incredibly cinematographic and of course calls for the now less cinematographical stand where Moses is accused of an irresponsible behavior, “What have you done to us, taking us out of Egypt?”.