Türkçe - İngilizce
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- double-edged
- Describing a blade, such as a sword or knife, that is sharp on both edges
- Describing something that is as dangerous for the user as the one it is used on
Slander is a double-edged weapon: you can hurt the reputation of another but it diminishes your own reputation that you debase yourself so much.
- {s} having two blades or cutting edges (of a sword, etc.); acting both ways, having a dual purpose or effect; capable of being interpreted two ways
- If you say that a comment is double-edged, you mean that it has two meanings, so that you are not sure whether the person who said it is being critical or is giving praise. Even his praise is double-edged
- capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways; "double-edged praise
- If you say that something is double-edged, you mean that its positive effects are balanced by its negative effects, or that its negative effects are greater. But tourism is double-edged, boosting the economy but damaging the environment a double-edged sword: see sword
- capable of being interpreted in two usually contradictory ways; "double-edged praise"