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idiomswordbe a double-edged swordused in order to say that a plan, achievement etc that someone hopes will bring them success could also harm them ◆ used especially in newspapers:The settlement of the dispute could well prove to be a double-edged sword for the administration, as it removes one argument for their reelection.For women, the sexual liberation of the Sixties was a double-edged sword.the/a sword of Damoclessomething bad that may affect your situation at any time and make it much worse:The possibility of further scandal hung like a sword of Damocles over his political career.Since my illness was diagnosed, I have lived with the sword of Damocles hanging over my head.
See:- (draw the sword and) throw away the scabbard
- a double-edged sword
- a/the sword of Damocles
- a/the sword of Damocles hangs over (one)
- a/the sword of Damocles hangs over (one's) head
- at sword's point
- at swords' points
- be a double-edged sword
- be a double-edged sword/weapon
- be a double-edged weapon
- be put to the sword
- beat swords into ploughshares
- beat/turn swords into ploughshares
- cross swords
- cross swords with (one)
- Damocles' sword
- Damocles' sword hangs over (one)
- Damocles' sword hangs over (one's) head
- double-edged sword
- fall on (one's) sword
- fall on one's sword
- fall on sword
- hang up
- he who lives by the sword dies by the sword
- he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword
- Live by the sword, die by the sword
- measure swords
- pen is mightier than the sword
- pen is mightier than the sword, the
- put (someone) to the sword
- put someone to the sword
- put to the sword
- sword and sorcery
- sword of Damocles
- sword swallowing
- sword-and-sandal
- swords into ploughshares
- sword-swallower
- sword-swallowing
- the pen is mightier than the sword
- the Sword of Damocles hangs over someone
- those who live by the sword, die by the sword
- turn swords into ploughshares
- two-edged sword
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