NOUN | a double-edged sword | double-edged swords | |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- The proceeds from confiscated Royalist estates were a valuable source of income, but it was a double-edged sword.
- The palace museum houses the Kayamkulam double-edged sword.
- The company's success proved to be something of a double-edged sword as the constant pressure to perform at trials required constant development, pushing the company beyond its financial means.
- The pursuit of top-level talent proved to be a double-edged sword.
- In the Book of Revelation, Jesus is symbolically described wielding a double-edged sword that proceeds out from his mouth, in reference to the "sword of the spirit" which is the "word of truth".
- From 1300 BC, the "shi" transitioned from foot knights to being primarily chariot archers, fighting with composite recurved bow, a double-edged sword known as the "jian", and armour.
- Hence, the study of "jōseki" is regarded as a double-edged sword and useful only if learned by understanding the principles behind each move, instead of by rote.
- The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity (as opposed to curved, single-edged swords such as the katana).
- Chinese speakers make a clear distinction between a "sword" (double-edged) and a "knife" (single-edged).
- However, with all levered investments this is a double edged sword, and large exchange rate price fluctuations can suddenly swing trades into huge losses.
- However, this association can be a double-edged sword and has begun to trigger critique even within the social justice community.
- Robinson, Lewis Stewart. "Double-Edged Sword: Christianity and 20th Century Chinese Fiction." Hong Kong: Tao Fong Shan Ecumenical Centre, 1986, 35–60, 183–201.
- is an example of a non-European double-edged sword, like the European models derived from the double-edged Iron Age sword.
- This court-martial record in itself was a double edged sword designed to discredit Mallin and at the same time indict Countess Markievicz by providing evidence that would confirm her execution.
- However, Thompson also acknowledges that "media and visibility is a double-edged sword" meaning that even though they can be used to show an improved image (by managing the visibility), individuals are not in full control of their self-presentation.
- Critics compared this choice to a double-edged sword; while they gained more publicity and a more viewer-friendly image, they were compromising their image as professional artists.
- During this ceremony, sweetened water is stirred with a double-edged sword while liturgical prayers are sung; it is offered to the initiating Sikh, who ritually drinks it.
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