A unique handsome man , who will dominate your love life , sweet kind and gentle , great lovers and you can always fall back on when you need him the most hobsons rarely come around
A choice between an alternative that is awful and one that is unacceptable. Usually defined as "no choice at all," since one of the choices is likely to be totally unacceptable (death, starvation, death of a loved one held hostage, insolvency).
A person whose relatives have been taken hostage is faced with the Hobson's choice of rewarding someone who attacked his family, and having his relatives killed because of decisions he made.
A horse that your dumb ass horse trainer won't let you buy, but you love him and buy him anyway and she kicks your ass (and his horsey ass) out of the barn. And you have no choice but to leave, she was a lazy money grubing trainer anyway so it is no big deal.
Hobson's salve is a type of cream that goes on minor injuries to help them heal. Hobson's salve is found as 1st aid to Doran, the adventurer under King Lucan in the 'Secrets of Deltora' by Emily Rodda.
'You've got a bad scratch on your arm...best use Hobson's salve on that to help the healingprocess.'