Life places opportunities and obstacles in your path – life is a double-edged sword.
Social media is a double-edged sword that
can give you benefits, though; it can cause conflicts, hurt people, and even keep them away. A double-edged
sword is not only a situation that can go good or bad. In fact, the taken
action has several effects at once in any given situation. It is something like;
the result kills two birds with a stone because the two sides of the same blade
are sharp, the sword cuts both ways. Let us say it is something that causes
both advantages and problems.
Observe the two aspects about living in big
cities. Many people move from the countryside to large cities; others decide to
move to the countryside instead. Living in big cities is a double-edged sword. They are beautiful
cities and offer thousands of opportunities, but it is so expensive, thus, many
people cannot afford it. Besides this example, we can find other examples on
how to use the expression “a double-edged sword” in different situations. Let
us see the following example.
These corporate lay-offs were actually a double-edged sword. His company saved money by not having as many salaried people on board, but it had to pay more overtime. John needed to change work contracts. He even took away employees’ vacations time. For employees’ company it was a double-edged sword, even though they are making extra money, they are not having much family and leisure time.
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