two-edged sword

Example Sentences

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A two edged sword – actually a three edged sword as admission and asking for forgiveness would be a bridge too far.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2010

Sir 21:3 All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.

From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous

Symbolism of two edged sword in Revelations, 53-l.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

I exhausted these aristocratic expedients long ago; pride is a weapon, but a two edged sword, as it were, a shield that pierces the arm with its sharp edges.

From The Children of the World by Heyse, Paul

Held in the right hand before each one is a two edged sword.

From Modern Persia by Daniel, Mooshie G.