Idiom
Double-edged sword.
If someone uses an argument that could both help them and harm them, then they are using a double-edged sword sword; it cuts both ways.
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double-edged swords
noun
Plural of double-edged sword
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And then the wives: double-edged swords.
"That's one of those double-edged swords," Murray said.
Sex and beauty are double-edged swords for women like Christine.
Some of the demographic trends praised in the report could turn out to be double-edged swords.
"Like Prometheus' gift of fire, technological advances are usually double-edged swords," said Mr. Roy, the Connecticut legislator.
Depends on how much you like double-edged swords, roller coaster rides and clouds with silver linings.
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That could be a double-edged sword.
Oil can be a double-edged sword.
"Yes, it's a double-edged sword.
"It's a double-edged sword.
The imagination is a double-edged sword.
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