cruel mistress | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Something which has both significant positive and negativeaspects.1965December 17, “Snow Job”, inTime Magazine:For bandleaders, society can be acruel mistress. At debutante parties they receive compliments but not calling cards, at charity balls they take their breaks with their players instead of their patrons[…]2017January, Chris Okula, “The Kia Stinger Will Be One Hell Of A Used Car”, inShifting Lanes‎[1], retrieved31 January 2021:Even if you can’t afford a new one, thecruel mistressof depreciation will soon have her way with the Stinger and that’s very good news.

Examples:

EN: According to plans, an American Air Force officer has been introduced to a cruel mistress, heroin.
ES: De acuerdo con los planes, un oficial de la Fuerza Aérea de los EE. UU... ha sido presentado a una amante cruel: la heroína.
EN: My dear, science is a cruel mistress.
ES: Mi querida, la ciencia es una amante cruel.
EN: But life's a cruel mistress, Joel.
ES: Pero la vida es una amante cruel.
EN: The cruel mistress.
ES: La amante cruel.
EN: The theater is a cruel mistress.
ES: El teatro es una Madama cruel.
EN: You know, the glockenspiel is a cruel mistress.
ES: El xilófono es todo un peligro.
EN: Gravity is a cruel mistress.
ES: La gravedad es una amante cruel.
EN: After I was sent to a Rike, I spent my days watching myself age and despised that cruel mistress of the Rike who treated me horribly knowing who I really was.
ES: Después de ser enviada a un Rike, me pasaba los días viéndome envejecer y odiando a esa cruel patrona del Rike que me trataba tan mal sabiendo quién era yo en realidad.
EN: Insomnia is a cruel mistress.
ES: El insomnio no es un buen compañero.
EN: Fashion's a cruel mistress.
ES: La moda es una ama cruel.
EN: Double or nothing is a cruel mistress.
ES: El todo o nada es peligroso.
EN: Okay, I think what we've learned today is that the road can be a cruel, cruel mistress.
ES: Okay, creo que aprendimos hoy que el camino es cruel, amante cruel.
EN: I think what we've learned today is that the road can be a cruel, cruel mistress.
ES: Creo que lo hemos aprendido hoy es que el camino puede ser cruel, amante cruel.
EN: Oh, evolution is a cruel mistress.
ES: La evolución es un amo cruel.
EN: Life is a cruel mistress, Gisborne.
ES: La vida es una amante cruel, Gisborne.

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