The only other one that comes to mind with anywhere near that cultural cache is I've both heard and said "the lady or the tiger?" when referring to a moment I have to make a choice with two shitty outcomes (grading vs. writing, say)
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What’s interesting is that - although I *have* heard that title used that way! - that’s not how the story works at all. The lady isn’t a shitty outcome!
I mean, from the perspective of the princess, it is, if the writing is to be trusted! :p
(I do think it's obviously better than the tiger -- and the story goes out of its way to try and establish a false equivalence there in what I think is a test of the morality of the reader.)
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Me, nodding sagely: “Aha! The Lady or the Tiger.”
[the subtitle appears, “Criminal Intent”]
Me: “Ack! Crap! Tiger, Tiger, Tiger! Fuck!”
(I do think it's obviously better than the tiger -- and the story goes out of its way to try and establish a false equivalence there in what I think is a test of the morality of the reader.)