what is a "catch 24"?

Answer 1

It's like being between a rock and a hard place.

Answer 2

Catch 24

Answer 3

It's catch 22, not catch 24.

Answer 4

There is no "catch 24" but you are probably thinking of "Catch 22" the title of a movie from 1970. The premise is that "Catch 22" is a paradox that creates a circular problem. No matter what you want to avoid, catch 22 requires you to do it.

Hope that was helpful.

Answer 5

A catch 22 is a problematic situation for which the only solution or outcome is denied by a circumstance in the problem or by a rule.
A catch 24 I have never heard of.

Answer 6

2 more than a catch 22.

Answer 7

Let's see ...

Catch 22: every one knows that one!

Catch 23: see Catch 24.

Catch 24: see Catch 22.

Catch 25: oops, one too many ...

Answer 8

I have no idea. I think you mean "Catch-22," which is the title of a novel by Joseph Heller. Catch 22 is a situation when there is no way out. In the novel Yossarian, the main character, does not want to fly airplane missions, but only those who are mentally insane are allowed to quit; however, those that prove they are mentally insane are believed to be sane, so they are forced to continue flying.

Answer 9

I think you mean Catch 22.
A Catch 22 is like a lose lose situation, you stand to lose if you choose option A and stand to lose just the same if you choose option B.

Answer 10

I think someone probably mis-spoke. The term is usually "catch 22". It is a phrase that means a circular problem. For example you must do A to solve B. To B you must first do A.

Answer 11

I think it should be "catch 22" which comes from a 1961 novel by Joseph Heller.

Meaning:

Torn both ways in such a way that whichever demand they try to meet, the other demand cannot be met. "I must do it but I can't do it" is a typical description