Synonyms for double-edged sword
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1. double-edged swordnoun

   Synonyms:
   two-edged sword

2. double-edged swordnoun

   A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.

   Synonyms:
   two-edged sword

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1. Tim Clark:

   On the one hand you save on the operating costs, but your yield starts to fall because your corporate business is disappearing so it's a double-edged sword, on balance, the airline community is doing better as a result of the lower oil price.

2. Wu Ting-Fang:

   Education is like a double-edged sword. It may be turned to dangerous uses if it is not properly handled.

3. Sanjay Gupta:

   The cold weather is a double edged sword. On the one hand, it makes it very difficult, it is below freezing right now… On the other hand, it may reduce the demands for water. Perhaps that is playing into this, there is not a lot of data on how long people could survive in these situations but we are seeing those rescues 200 hours out.

4. Shayan Das:

   Your self-esteem is a double-edged sword. It all depends on the 'self' of self-esteem whether it'll pull you up from the nadir or push you down from the pinnacle.

5. Des Barres:

   I mean, who wouldn’t? i think she had to maintain the stardom she achieved. It was a double-edged sword… [But] she could have been anything she wanted to be.