Sentences with phrase «edged sword when»

Understand that refinancing can be a double - edged sword when it comes to federal student loans.

This trend is something of a double - edged sword when it comes to communication.

This freedom came become a two - edged sword when it comes to fragmentation — something Apple does not have to worry about.

It's always something of a double edged sword when it comes to a company re-releasing their back catalog.

It could also prove a double - edged sword when it comes to acquisitions: Mincon's already earmarked its available cash for a likely deal or two in 2014 — their tight - knit culture may offer a good home for similar firms, or prove a real integration challenge.

There tends to be two ways of thinking when it comes to big data, which can make for a double - edged sword when considering investment in the space.

That can be a double edged sword when your 6 month old cries to be changed every waking hour (it's a phase — it'll pass), but trust me — when they potty train months ahead of the babies wearing Pull - ups, you'll be glad you stuck it out.

Secrecy can build anticipation, but it becomes a double - edged sword when expectations don't line up with reality.

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It's a two - edged sword that if not managed can also have negative ramifications, so I also try to be proactive to know when to change angles when the need arises.

But what's clear is that these grains are a double - edged sword: They're built with good intentions — everyone wishes they could relive some of their favorite memories — but when used in excess, people can obsess over the past, which can weigh heavily on one's sanity.

That openness has also been a double - edged sword, however, because it has allowed him to speak his mind freely, even when every political campaign manager in the world would probably advise him not to.

Marketplaces are a double - edged sword; they provide incredible access to a large group of consumers, but the competition is cutthroat when you are competing on price and don't own your customers.

To effectively restrict communication, governments would need to dominate technologies whose forced control is a double - edged sword — when social instability spikes, internet shutdowns work at best sporadically and risk leading to greater discontent and violence.

It's a double - edged sword, and one everyone has to consider when dealing in the world of futures trading.

Deut 20:12 - 16 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword

Share Facebook 1,419 Twitter 0 When I was a kid, promises were like a double - edged sword.

And when the LORD thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword; shalt thou take for a prey unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Our first amendment is a beautiful and glorious double edged sword: You are welcome to speak your mind, just don't be surprised when other Americans with the same rights disagree with you and are vocal about it.

So one surely can talk about Abraham, for the great can never do harm when it is apprehended in its greatness; it is like a two - edged sword which slays and saves.

When I was a kid, we sang Sunday School songs about Joshua and the Battle of Jericho that never mentioned the fact that the Israelites «utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword.»

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not exactly brilliant when it comes to dealing with stress — and in that respect, to - do lists can be something of a double - edged sword.

Black Friday is a double - edged sword: On one hand, it's the day when all the things you've been eyeing — a KitchenAid mixer, an Instant Pot, a Vitamix blender — are on sale, but on the other, the insane shopping crowds make you want to shack up at home, eat Thanksgiving leftovers, and wait for Cyber Monday.

This can be a double edged sword, because while a toddler can see you as separate from them, they can now feel uncomfortable or sad when they are not near you.

«It's a double - edged sword, because you don't want to limit peoples» ability to speak freely, but it does get a little absurd when we have 15 members get up and introduce the same group,» said Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin.

«History is a two - edged sword,» said Dezső, the study's lead author and a Fulbright Fellow at Carnegie Mellon when the research was conducted.

When it comes to first dates, having boundaries is very important, but also a double - edged sword.

The inhabitants of Birmingham live by the same double - edged sword as many other large cities: On one hand there are plenty of people from diverse backgrounds and occupations for you to meet, but on the other, city - dwellers who are hardworking, educated and successful tend to have little free time when it comes to socialising and meeting new people.

The truth is that the picture, for all its narrative faults, is a complicated exploration of what happens when the societal stereotypes imposed on any minority are bought into and manipulated by the minority itself — the sort of double - edged sword that marginalizes even as it shields.

When I talked with the filmmaker, he discussed what is and isn't the same about DOOM and KABOOM, the double - edged sword of sexual labels, his debt to David Lynch.

A bit of a double edged sword for a prolific auteur like Allen, as he sticks with his strengths as a filmmaker but when you've made as many films as he has about this subject, it's difficult to find enough wiggle room to emerge with an original work.

«When a film has a mostly unlikable protagonist, it can be a doubled edged sword.

Experimentation in cinema is a double - edged sword and when the deviation from convention doesn't work, it becomes more excruciating to witness than if it had chosen the far simpler and duller approach.

Alas, Jacob's news spreads like wildfire, and this film, which was directed with much passion by Frank Beyer from Holocaust survivor Jurek Becker's script, goes on to reveal what a double - edged sword hope can be when it is after all false and when the threat of deportation to concentration camps is constant.

Sometimes we glimpse the edge of a shadow (some clerics took issue with that), or, when Ali forges ahead into battle, the tip of a sword.

Complexity is sometimes a double - edged sword, as it will lose part of the audience, while also stimulating interest from the other part that likes to think when watching a movie.

The actress has been open about how much physical conditioning when into the role, although it appears that it was a double edged sword.

Of course, that's a double - edged sword for some viewers, who will probably find that a film that delivers the thrills through trying to crack an elaborate code to be tepid at best, especially when the level of detail in the explanations requires diligent concentration to fully understand what's going on at all times.

When Publishing Perspectives asks Tellander about his view on how his services could impact audiobook lending services from public libraries, he concedes that library availability is a double - edged sword to services like Storytel.

When it comes to interest rates, BofA's business credit cards are a double - edged sword.

That's largely because increasing stock exposure can be a double - edged sword, helping you when the market is doing well but penalizing much more than more conservative allocations when markets suffer severe setbacks.

So, for DIY investors and active traders volatile markets are a double - edged sword: To really be able to capitalize on volatility, individual investors, especially active traders, need too wade into markets when they're dislocated.

Margin is great when your investments are going up in value, but the double - edged sword of leverage really hurts when your portfolio heads south.

But getting defensive is a double - edged sword: often it leaves investors sitting in cash when markets move up rapidly and unexpectedly — which is what usually happens in a recovery.

Unfortunately, this strategy is a double - edged sword: defensive managers are often sitting on the sidelines when the markets rebound.

It can be a double edged sword and put you in a tough position when you have to choose between having student loan debt and getting -LSB-...]

however, this is a DOUBLE - EDGED SWORD... when Real Estate depreciates YOU LOSE your down payment RAPIDLY and in most cases permanently unless the mkt recovers.

One of the key players in many equine orthopedic diseases is inflammation — a duel - edged sword essential for healing, but detrimental when it goes unchecked...

As much as I liked the sound of this idea when I first read the article I'm now thinking that this could be a double - edged sword.

For me, having a significant amount of recline is a double - edge sword as it's great when you are trying to get some rest but not so great when your neighbor up front reclines back into your lap.

When it comes to interest rates, BofA's business credit cards are a double - edged sword.