Sentences with phrase «edged sword with»

That's the double - edged sword with wearables: you get stuck with a small display for the sake of comfort, or a roomier screen and with it, an uncomfortable fit.

So, as you can see, cardio is a double - edged sword with seriously diminishing returns.

«So in muscular dystrophy, there is definitely a benefit, but it's a double - edged sword with all the side effects.»

Not exact matches

That's part of why personal job referrals can be a double - edged sword — you end up with teams that all arrive at the same conclusions, tend to agree and bring fewer outside - the - box ideas to the table.

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.

But it's also a classic double - edged sword, with the capacity to both bring great fortune to a country and destroy a way of life.

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

If your buyer made a purchase of a product similar to yours and was unhappy with it you face a double - edged sword.

It's clear the Squarespace platform leans toward perfecting design rather than marketing and functionality, which can be a double - edged sword for those who are just getting started with ecommerce.

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

And Deut 13: 15 Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, udestroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the 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.

Granted that's a double - edged sword, but dealing with people always is.

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.

It does not work the way of the idiots converting someone with the edge of a dull sword.

With the knowledge of Enlightenment thought as a double - edged sword, the FF realized that the ONLY way we could have universal rights that were not subject to debate was to establish them as Divine in origin.

The Book of Joshua makes it clear that the Israelites get to the murderous work of genocide and become quite efficient at it: And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded.

And he [Saul] took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Since the Word of God is described as a double - edged sword which man can not control, Bonhoeffer's view seems out of character with his overall position.

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.»

Only not armed with automatic weapons as the Muslims are, but rather with the Word of God which is sharper than any two edged sword, or any weapon known to man.

At his interrogation on that day he had said «the Act of Parliament is like a sword with two edges, for if a man answers one way: it will confound his soul and if he answers the other way it will confound his body».

In his commentary on Hebrews 4:12, «The Word of God is living and active, and sharper than any two - edged sword,» John Calvin declared, «Whenever the Lord accosts us by His Word, He is dealing seriously with us to affect all our inner senses.

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.

Pittsburgh will be much happier taking on a speed - based team like Nashville after dealing with the defensively smothering Senators in the last round, but that open ice will be a double - edged sword as the Predators» attack will be much more dangerous than that of Ottawa.

That being said Theo walcott's pace is great for overloading wings especially with Debuchy behind him, however that is a double edged sword because in overloading the wing you leave yourself open to counter attacks, ESPECIALLY if you do not have a defensive midfielder.

Little could we know, with bustling pride, what a double edged sword that was.

The two week break without any competitive football has probably done wonders as well, with the storm allowed to calm, but it could also prove a double - edged sword as that momentum gained from that hard - fought derby win has been lost courtesy of the wintry conditions which has plagued the English game for the last fortnight.

The absence of Long could be construed as a double - edged sword however, as in his place comes last season's top scorer, Nigerian Peter Odemwingie who this season has fallen out of favour with Hodgson.

The Red Devils are playing with a great cutting edge at the moment and are putting sides to the swords and will be expected to make it four wins from four.

In fact, it proved a double edged sword in the end as while Holloway was selecting players which had played very little this season, which meant in turn the chemistry should have been non-existent, those given a rare opportunity to shine seized their moment with both hands.

This information, of course, comes with its own double - edged sword: potentially, you learn about the underlying causes and this enables you to take action for future pregnancies or the testing doesn't end up helping to get you closer to any understanding of why you have experienced loss.

Who knew that motherhood would be such a double - edged sword - unequivocally the most important thing I have ever done, yet in some ways constantly at odds with some of the other things I do to try to help make the world a better place.

No one's saying who's behind it, but do note the double - edged sword of e-warfare — with their sites dead, the bad guys have a much harder time distributing videos, promoting ideology and recruiting followers, but Western intelligence agencies also lose a way of seeing into their enemy's mind.

Elite soldiers were buried with elaborately decorated double - edged swords, and a man who appeared to be the chieftain clasped a sword with a jeweled hilt and held a gaming piece made of walrus ivory in his mouth.

«It's a double - edged sword,» says Julian Newman, a senior campaigner with the London - based Environmental Investigation Agency, which has tracked the ivory trade extensively.

However, for GVHD, the use of MSCs is a double - edged sword, because the prevention of GVHD was associated with a high incidence of leukaemia relapse, which is the result of the non-specific immunosuppressive effect of MSCs on graft - versus - leukaemia 57, 58.

Combine trips to your favorite boutiques and department stores with the double - edged - sword - convenience of online shopping and you've got a recipe for consumerist burnout.

Applying foundation can feel like a double - edged sword for those with blemish - prone skin: You want to conceal redness and old acne scars, but also don't want to put anything on your face that could cause existing breakouts to flare up (or worse, trigger a new crop of pimples).

The immune supporting benefits are much more studied, though again, this can be a double - edged sword for those with autoimmune disease.

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Protein wields a double edged sword against digestive discomfort through its combination of lactase and Aminogen — working with your body to break down amino acids and sugars for superior absorption and digestion.

Despite the lessening of madcap energy, Shrek the Third is still quite funny in parts, with some fresh throwaway gags to produce chuckles now and then from characters you'd think they probably should have jettisoned long ago, but are secretly glad they've kept around (the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, etc.) The fact that they are keeping in nearly all of the characters introduced in the series thus far is a bit of a double - edged sword, as they do provide a certain respite from the main characters that are already cycling through the same jokes all over again, but on the other hand, it's getting to the point that the high overhead of injecting scenes for all of these characters takes away from the focus of the story at large.

Having been financed largely through Kickstarter (with the donors thanked during the closing credits) Braff was able to have complete creative control, which proves to be a double - edged sword.

«Zasalamel was born into a clan called Guardians of the Spirit Sword charged with protecting the legendary swords Soul Calibur and Soul Edge.

The sympathy for the characters turns into a bit of a double - edged sword as you end up caring for the characters, but that same sympathy will ultimately leave you feeling dissatisfied with the ending.

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.

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.