cut both ways

释义

1. cut both / two ways

   两面都行得通（或说得通）；有利也有弊

   to have two opposite effects or results

电影里这样说 · 3 部

• It cuts both ways.Oppenheimer2023
• Not only that, but this stuff could cut both ways.Bicentennial Man1999

在完整场景里学

• 奥本海默2023
  • 大师劝他离开剑桥：leaves a little to be desired（还稍欠火候）
  • 请他执掌研究院：the man for the job（非他莫属）
  • 火车上结识拉比：seek out（主动去寻找）

同一词条的短语

• across the way
• all the way
• always the way
• any way you slice it
• be born made that way
• be set in your ways
• by the way
• by way of
• by way of the way of
• come your way
• either way
• every which way