Sentences with phrase «edged swords like»

Doubled - edged swords like this one from an Estonian ship burial show that Scandinavians far from their homeland fought fiercely before the accepted start of the Viking era.

Not exact matches

Stelmach ended up being a fairly decent premier, who I believe history will treat kindly, but landslide victories like these can be a doubled - edged sword.

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

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.

«His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes like a flame of fire; His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters; He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two - edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.»

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».

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.

A successful transfer window is like a double edged sword.

His loyalty to players is a double edged sword, I think we could forgive the odd player here and there if the rest of the team was above average, we have so much average now though that someone like Ramsey who had so much potential... He takes the brunt as he represented a lot of hope for us, that hope has been crushed recently and there is a bitterness in the air around the players who represented that.

Viewers back home have rarely enjoyed watching any of their European exports as much as Son, but the sight of the rapier - like forward slashing through defences in England and Europe presents a double - edged sword for Shin Tae - Yong, head coach of the South Korea national team.

It's a lot like body image issues in that it's such a double - edged sword.

My daughter cried constantly and the guilt felt like a sharp - edged sword being plunged into this new part of my soul that, prior to 20 hours of labor, had never existed before.

The double - edged sword of intense media scrutiny in a state like New York is that his name is already out there.

«It's like a double - edged sword,» Bais says.

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).

«Perfectionism is a double - edged sword, because it works; in one way it keeps you motivated and makes you want to work hard, but then it blocks and inhibits you on the other side of it because it feels like this pressure to be perfect.»

«What we are learning is that food is a double - edge sword — it may promote disease, but it may also help prevent many chronic diseases, like colon cancer,» said Jairam K.P. Vanamala, Associate Professor of Food Sciences, Penn State.

Does your yoga practice ever feel like a double - edged sword, one where you seek peace, but end up finding self - comparison and critique?

Number 2 we talked about the insulin kind of like being a double - edge sword.

It's a double - edged sword: there are more options now thanks to apps like Tinder which have made meeting people online very easy, but there's also the problem of choice as Aziz Ansari talks about in his book Modern Romance.

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.

It's kind of like a double - edged sword, to be exact.

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.

Emulating blockbuster productions is a bit of a double - edged sword, as it will attract a sizable audience which likes those kinds of films, but at the same time, they are also so well - known and oft - watched, if you aren't going to bring anything new to the story, you are likely to be greeted by scorn and derision, even among fantasy fans.

Ninja Gaiden 3 Razor's Edge reminds of the big Crazy 88 fight scene in Kill Bill where Beatrix Kiddo is jumping around waving her sword painting the floor red and littering it with dismembered body parts, the fact that it's kinda difficult like a Ninja Gaiden should be is an added bonus, whats not to like?

However, the great human ability is like a double - edged sword.

In this regard the TT RS Roadster feels like the latest Nissan GT - R, which has made supercar - slaying performance accessible to anyone who can afford one... which can be a double - edged sword in many regards.

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.

Your Social Security Number is a unique identifier and acts like a duel edged sword.

A credit card is like a double edged sword.

While having a flexible value may at first seem like an advantage for airline miles, this can be a double - edged sword.

For people with bad credit, the no - credit check policy is like a double edge sword.

But, like everything else in economics, it's a double - edged sword.

So, like any other securities market, the CD market is also a double - edged sword of gains and losses.

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.

But in turn, it worked like a double edged sword.

It's like Capcom is using a double - edged sword at this point.

This generation is a double edged sword for me, but that can ver easily lead to great next gen, even though that seems like it will be mostly about upgrades.

It's a bit of a two - edged sword, but ultimately this seems like a smart decision.

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slash enemies and fellow sackboys even have little sword fights inplace of smacking each other when swords are in hand!!!!! they do need to add a blade edge danger object tho, something that makes the edge of something sharp like a knife instead of using default knife.

«In this (installment of the series), we're using MotionPlus to make you feel much more like you're actually fighting while holding a sword in your hand,» Miyamoto stated during an October 30 Q&A session, per Edge.

It plays much like older games I am familiar with, but that can be a two - edged sword as newcomers might not find it up to their expectations.

To review games is kind of like a double edged sword sometimes, you get free games which is always a bonus but sometimes you need to revisit games you already played through even though you liked them or hated them, sometimes you get a really shitty game and you need to put down enough to finish of the story, or try to as some games are so overrun with bugs you cant, but all in all it definitely has its pros but reviewing games also can have its cons, like again, replaying a game you already played through.

From the rumor, it sounds like we can expect our Marvel heroes to resemble the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which sounds to be a double - edged sword.

Like several other games on this list, Comix Zone came out relatively late in the Genesis» life, which ultimately proved to be a double - edged sword.

Like all African American artists, identity presented itself as a double - edged sword for Thomas who insisted that the work speak for itself.

Medical marijuana is a double - edged sword: if a condition isn't considered serious by the insurer, you'll be treated like a recreational user and get a worse rating.

So, like a double - edged sword, the best child plan is designed to protect the future of your child in case of your unfortunate demise and at the same time, builds a corpus over a term to be employed to finance prime moments in his / her life.