mixed blessing: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    USUKAustraliaCanadaGeneral Englishneutralformalinformal
    • Something that has both advantages and disadvantages, so that it is beneficial in some ways but harmful or problematic in others.

    Examples

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    • Getting a promotion was a mixed blessing because it came with longer hours and more stress.

      Getting a promotion was a mixed blessing because it came with longer hours and more stress.

    • The move to a new city turned out to be a mixed blessing—better job opportunities but fewer friends nearby.

      The move to a new city turned out to be a mixed blessing—better job opportunities but fewer friends nearby.

    • Owning a pet can be a mixed blessing, bringing joy but also added responsibility.

      Owning a pet can be a mixed blessing, bringing joy but also added responsibility.

Examples:

  • EN: You know, living a long life is a mixed blessing.
    ES: Saben, vivir mucho tiempo es una bendición de doble filo.
  • EN: Hey, Stan, I think that this- I mean, this- this could possibly be a- a mixed blessing, you know?
    ES: Stan, esto, posiblemente, será toda una bendición.
  • EN: Good looks can be a mixed blessing.
    ES: La belleza puede ser un don envenenado.
  • EN: I guess that mobile emitter turned out to be a mixed blessing, huh?
    ES: Supongo que el emisor móvil tiene sus pros y sus contras.
  • EN: Let's just agree that the commercialization of Christmas is, at best, a mixed blessing.
    ES: Acordemos que la comercialización de la Navidad tiene pros y contras.
  • EN: So really, Sherborne was very much a mixed blessing.
    ES: Así que realmente,Sherborne fué en gran medida una bendición
  • EN: These re-evaluations are a mixed blessing.
    ES: Las reevaluaciones producen una mezcla de sensaciones.
  • EN: A mixed blessing for sure.
    ES: Tiene sus ventajas y desventajas.
  • EN: Ox-peckers are a mixed blessing.
    ES: Los búfagos son un arma de doble filo.
  • EN: Moving Pictures was a mixed blessing to me, in retrospect, for me, personally in my life.
    ES: La jaula dorada En retrospectiva, Moving Pictures tuvo sus pro y sus contras para mi vida personal.
  • EN: Fame is definitely a mixed blessing, and almost everybody would admit that, at some some point in their life, they've wished they had it.
    ES: La fama es una rara bendición, y casi todos admitiríamos querer tenerla, en algún momento de la vida.
  • EN: - To be honest, it's actually been a mixed blessing because, um, since after the show, um, it made people even more interested in me because they really did get to see a lot of me.
    ES: Para ser honesta, ha sido una bendición mixta. Desde el show, la gente se ha interesado más en mí, porque pudieron ver mucho de mí.
  • EN: And whereas she had her parents to thank for her amazing good looks, it was a mixed blessing because her parents were also responsible for this genetic predisposition towards paranoid schizophrenia, plus her mother didn't want her,
    ES: Y si bien tenía que agradecerle a sus padres por su increíble buena apariencia, era una bendición a medias porque sus padres también fueron responsables por esta predisposición genética a la paranoia esquizofrénica,
  • EN: Yes, a wide range of alternatives is a mixed blessing. But perhaps I can help.
    ES: Un amplio abanico de posibilidades es una ventaja y una complicación.
  • EN: I've a feeling your defection to the Allies must've been taken as a mixed blessing.
    ES: Tengola impresión de que su paso a las tropas aliadas debe ser tomado como una bendición.

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