Being an anglophone is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you speak perfectly the world's most useful language. But on the other, no one wants to speak anything else with you - making foreign language acquisition difficult.
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Double-edged
Synonyms for "double-edged" (38 found)
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39 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀμφήκης adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Armenian
2 entries- երկսայրի adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- երկսայրի adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Bulgarian
2 entries- двуостър adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- с две остриета adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Danish
1 entries- tveægget adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
French
1 entries- à double tranchant adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
German
2 entries- zweischneidig adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- zweischneidig adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Greek
3 entries- αμφίστομος adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- αμφίστομος adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
- δίκοπος adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Hebrew
1 entries- חֶרֶב פִּיפִיּוֹת adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Italian
2 entries- a doppio taglio adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- a doppio taglio adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Latin
1 entries- anceps adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Māori
1 entries- huarua adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- toegga adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- toegga adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
- toegget adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- toegget adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- tviegga adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- tviegga adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Old English
2 entries- twieċġe adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- twieċġede adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Polish
4 entries- dwusieczny adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- dwusieczny adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
- obosieczny adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- obosieczny adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Portuguese
1 entries- de dois gumes adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Romanian
2 entries- cu două tăișuri adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
- cu două tăișuri adj (figuratively: possibly dangerous, ambiguous)
Russian
1 entries- обоюдоо́стрый adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Spanish
1 entries- de doble filo adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Swedish
1 entries- tveeggad adj (a blade that is sharp on both edges)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Indifference is a double-edged weapon.
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It's a double-edged sword.
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Being an anglophone is a double-edged sword. On the one hand you speak the world's most useful language perfectly, but then no one wants to talk with you in another language, which makes the process of learning foreign languages more difficult.
Source: tatoeba (5139819)
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