double-edged sword|double edged sword in English

noun

two-sided knife used in battle; situation that will result in a negative outcome no matter which decision is made or action is taken; statement with both positive and negative connotations

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1. But Conscription is a double-edged sword

2. You must be a double-edged sword.

3. Many “advances” have truly been a double-edged sword.

4. Boosted’s burly, belt-driven wheels are a bit of a double-edged sword

5. A Backsword is a single-edged sword

6. Backsword definition is - a single-edged sword

7. Claymore definition, a two-handed sword with a double-edged blade, used by Scottish Highlanders in the 16th century

8. And as sharp as a two-edged sword.

9. A single- or double-edged cutting implement.

10. Tecnology is a double-edged sword, hope we all take good use of 3G and not let it to be a grenade. Thanks!

11. The photograph becomes a double- edged weapon now.

12. A new threshing instrument with double-edged teeth.

13. (b) How is God’s word “sharper than any two-edged sword”?

14. THE DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: TOURISM AND NATIONAL PARKS But a few continued to fly the red flag - and they include Andy Chaffer, of Handsworth, Birmingham

15. But undermining or destroying someone’s self-respect is a two-edged sword.

16. Yet, our natural desire for such approval can be a two-edged sword.

17. The Arming Sword (also known as a knightly sword) is the single-handed cruciform sword of the High Middle Ages.It was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed hilt and a blade length of about 28 to 31 inches (70 to 80 centimeters)

18. □ How is God’s word alive, powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword?

19. 16 The message in God’s written Word is “sharper than any two-edged sword.”

20. In the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, Arming sword, or in full, knightly Arming sword) was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform (i.e., cross-shaped) hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres (28 to 31 in)

21. (Hebrews 4:12) Yes, God’s word, or message, is “sharper than any two-edged sword.”

22. This has also been translated as "tooth shaped like double-edged knife".

23. Broadsword (plural Broadswords) (historical) A type of early modern sword that has a broad double-edged blade for cutting (as opposed to the more slender thrust-oriented rapier) and a basket hilt. quotations ▼ A person armed with such a sword

24. Ehud’s first step was to prepare “a sword for himself” —a doubled-edged sword that was short enough to be concealed under his clothes.

25. It was about eight inches long, double edged and as sharp as a razor.