English
A pair of literal double-edged swords.
Noun
double-edged sword (plural double-edged swords)
- (idiomatic) A benefit that is also a liability, or (a benefit) that carries some significant but not-so-obvious cost or risk.
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Translations
idiomatic
- Arabic: سَيْف ذُو حَدَيْن m (sayf ḏū ḥadayn)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雙刃劍 (zh), 双刃剑 (zh) (shuāngrènjiàn) (a double-edged sword)
- Czech: dvousečný meč m (a double-edged sword)
- Danish: tveægget sværd n
- Dutch: tweesnijdend zwaard (nl) n
- Finnish: kaksiteräinen miekka (fi)
- French: arme à double tranchant (fr) f
- German: zweischneidiges Schwert n
- Hebrew: חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת (he) f (ẖérev pifiyót)
- Italian: arma a doppio taglio f
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- Japanese: 諸刃の剣 (もろはのつるぎ, moroha no tsurugi) (a double-edged sword)
- Korean: 양날의 검 (yangnar-ui geom) (a double-edged sword)
- Malay: serampang dua mata
- Persian: تیغ دو لبه (fa)
- Polish: miecz obosieczny m
- Portuguese: faca de dois gumes f (a knife with two edges)
- Romanian: sabie cu doua taisuri f
- Russian: па́лка о двух конца́х f (pálka o dvux koncáx) (a stick with two ends), обоюдоо́стрый меч m (obojudoóstryj meč) (a double-edged sword)
- Spanish: arma de doble filo (es) f (a double-edged weapon), arma de dos filos (es) f (a double-edged weapon)
- Swedish: tveeggat svärd n
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