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good and bad
Do you have idioms of things that happened that is both good and bad?
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A mixed blessing
A two-edged sword
Cuts both ways
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Re: good and bad
Another - very specialized - one is a
Pyrrhic victory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
. This applies only to a victory - one that cost more than it gained.
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