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• It cuts both ways - Палка о двух концах (П)• Short cut is not always the fastest way (A) - Кто прямо ездит, дома не ночует (K)• Short cut is often a (the) wrong cut (A) - Кто прямо ездит, дома не ночует (K)• Short cuts are roundabout ways - Кто прямо ездит, дома не ночует (K) -
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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). -
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[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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5 быть обоюдоострым
идиом. cut both waysДополнительный универсальный русско-английский словарь > быть обоюдоострым
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6 двустороннее резание
both ways cut, double cutting, two-way cuttingРусско-английский исловарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства > двустороннее резание
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7 двустороннее строгание
Automation: both ways cut (на прямом и обратном ходу рабочего органа станка), double cutting, double-cut planing, two-way planingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > двустороннее строгание
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8 двустороннее строгание
( на прямом и обратном ходу рабочего органа станка) both ways cut, double cutting, double-cut planing, two-way planingРусско-английский исловарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства > двустороннее строгание
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9 двустороннее резание
Automation: both ways cut, double cutting, two-way cuttingУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > двустороннее резание
См. также в других словарях:
cut both ways — or[cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cut both ways — or[cut two ways] {v. phr.} To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. * /People who gossip find it cuts both ways./ … Dictionary of American idioms
cut\ both\ ways — • cut both ways • cut two ways v. phr. To have two effects; cause injury to both sides. People who gossip find it cuts both ways … Словарь американских идиом
cut both ways — ► cut both ways 1) (of a point or statement) serve both sides of an argument. 2) (of an action or process) have both good and bad effects. Main Entry: ↑cut … English terms dictionary
cut both ways — phrasal or cut two ways : to have a mixed effect : have both favorable and unfavorable results or implications : avail for either of two counterarguments or implications a fact that cuts both ways in the case * * * cut both ways (of a decision,… … Useful english dictionary
cut both ways — Something that cuts both ways has both a positive and a negative effect at the same time. Banning cars in the town centre can cut both ways : less traffic congestion but fewer customers in the shops … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
cut both ways — cut both/two ways ► to work in two ways, or to have two opposite effects: »Setting prices high cuts both ways – it could lose some customers, but it also suggests high quality. Main Entry: ↑cut … Financial and business terms
cut both ways — cut both/two ways to have two different effects at the same time, usually one good and one bad. Censorship cuts both ways; it prevents people from being corrupted, but it often also prevents them from knowing what is really going on. (never in… … New idioms dictionary
cut both ways — if something cuts both ways, it has both good and bad aspects Independence in a relationship cuts both ways … English dictionary
cut both ways — serve both sides of an argument What he said cuts both ways and we should carefully think about it … Idioms and examples
cut both ways — to have both advantages and disadvantages. The Internet cuts both ways – it not only opens borders, it draws boundaries between the people who have it and those who do not … New idioms dictionary