cut both ways | Idiomator

Meaning: To have bothbenefitsanddrawbacks.March 10 2012, New Zealand Herald,Michele Hewitson interview: Ben Fouhy[1]A redundant observation about Ben Fouhy: It's not easy being him. "No, not really. But thatcuts both waysyou know, that affords me the opportunities, the highs and lows, the heights and depths that perhaps other people don't ... experience."; To haveimplicationsfor something as well as itscounterpart.2009June, Emmanuel Amiot, “Discrete Fourier Transform and Bach’s Good Temperament”, inMusic Theory Online, volume15, number 2,→DOI:Readers are invited at this point to listen to the pleasant sound of the recordings in LT [Lehman’s temperament], which can be found on this page. Together with the record value of MSS [Music Sameness of Scales], this makes a convincing case for Lehman’s hypothesis. But arguments, like a razor,(5)cut both ways: some lesser known temperament might achieve a better MSS than LT2016October 27, Charlie Brennan, Kevin Vaughan, “DNA in doubt: New analysis challenges DA's exoneration of Ramseys”, inLoveland Reporter Herald‎[2], archived fromthe originalon29 October 2016:And the findings couldcut both ways. / "It's certainly possible that an intruder was responsible for the murder, but I don't think that the DNA evidence proves it," said William C. Thompson[…]Similarly, the findings don't implicate or exonerate anyone in the family.2016November 4, Andrew Cohen, Sean II, “Time for Political Disruption”, inBleeding Heart Libertarians‎[3], retrieved9 March 2021, Comments:[…]It may be tempting to criticize my analogy because it assumes a case where one vote can actually influence the outcome. That would be fair, of course, but it would alsocut both ways. / If you're vote can't be strategic because it is statistically meaningless, then neither can it be moral. / In which case both arguments - vote your conscience & vote your strategy - should be dumped in favor of a third: don't vote.This argumentcuts both ways.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seecut,‎both,‎ways.

Examples:

EN: It has two edges. It can cut both ways.
ES: Puede cortar por ambos lados.
EN: Not only that, but this stuff could cut both ways.
ES: Además, puede beneficiar a ambos.
EN: Probably cut both ways.
ES: Probablemente mataríamos dos pájaros de un tiro.
EN: 'Cause that feeling doesn't cut both ways.
ES: Porque no me que me sienta mejor.
EN: But it cut both ways because Jupiter has no value system, when it sees an erring comet it may attract it and swallow it up.
ES: Tiene sus pro y sus contras pues Júpiter no tiene un sistema de valores. Cuando hay un cometa errante puede que lo atraiga y lo consuma.
EN: Hard truths cut both ways, Ser Davos.
ES: Las verdades crudas son difíciles para todos, señor Davos.
EN: Problem is, contingency plans cut both ways.
ES: El problema es que los planes de contingencia tienen pros y contras.
EN: Our deep secret can cut both ways.
ES: Nuestro secreto más profundo nos perjudica a ambos.
ES: Nuestro secreto más profundo nos perjudica a ambos.
EN: In Israel and in the United States, the blade of righteousness cut both ways, wounding the targets and the attackers.
ES: En Israel y en los Estados Unidos, la hoja de la justicia corta en ambos sentidos, hiriendo a los objetivos y atacantes.
EN: Technology is a double edged sword, and it can cut both ways.
ES: la tecnología es una espada de doble filo,
EN: And that pretty much cut both ways.
ES: Y creo que es de ambas partes.
EN: When you look at how Ken Paxton has used his power, it is hard not to think that that is a bad thing. Partisanship can cut both ways.
ES: Cuando ven cómo usó su poder Ken Paxton, es difícil no pensar que eso es algo malo, pero el partidismo también puede parecer algo bueno.
EN: When I went in prison, cut both ways.
ES: Fui a prisión, arma de doble filo.
EN: But friendship does cut both ways.
ES: Pero la amistad debe ser recíproca.
EN: Well, you know, I was usually also in attendance, so it cut both ways.
ES: Yo estaba ahí, así que era bueno y malo para mí.

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