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1 палка о двух концах
Русско-английский синонимический словарь > палка о двух концах
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2 палка о двух концах
1) General subject: a double-edged weapon, dilemma (e.g., face a tough dilemma), this sword cuts both ways, two-edged sword, every medal has its reverse2) Jargon: double edged sword3) Set phrase: every stick has two ends, it cuts both ways4) Phraseological unit: mixed blessingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > палка о двух концах
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3 обоюдоострый меч
1) General subject: a sword with two edges, double-edged sword, two-edge sword, two-edged sword2) Makarov: sword with two edges -
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в соч.меч Духа [духовный] библ. — the sword of the Spirit
"Меч духовный" (заглавие многих религ.-полемических русских произведений 17 и 18 вв.) — The Sword of the Spirit
"И шлем спасения возьмите, и меч духовный [Духа], который есть слово Божие" (Послание к ефесянам 6:17) — "And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God"
меч обоюдоострый библ. — double-edged sword
"Тогда говорит ему Иисус: возврати меч свой в его место, ибо все, взявшие меч, мечем погибнут" (Ев. от Матфея 26:52) — "Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword"
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ПАЛКА О ДВУХ КОНЦАХ NP sing only subj-compl with бытье, оказаться ( subj: abstr, often это) fixed WO(an action, policy, process etc that) has both positive and negative aspects and therefore is equally likely to bring about positive consequences as negative consequencesX - палка о двух концах - X is a double-edged (two-edged) swordX could go either wayX can cut both ways. "(B статье) нового много выводят, да, кажется, идея-то о двух концах» (Достоевский 1). There is much that is new in it (the article), but it seems the argument is two-edged" (1a). -
6 палка о двух концах
[NP; sing only; subj-compl with быть, оказаться (subj: abstr, often это); fixed WO]=====⇒ (an action, policy, process etc that) has both positive and negative aspects and therefore is equally likely to bring about positive consequences as negative consequences:- X can cut both ways.♦ "[В статье] нового много выводят, да, кажется, идея-то о двух концах" (Достоевский 1). "There is much that is new in it [the article], but it seems the argument is two-edged" (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > палка о двух концах
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