It was like holding an enemy's sharp
two-edged sword by the blade, and that enemy all the time striving to wrest it out of your clutch.
Moby Dick I LXVII
3) I shudder with affright O for a
two-edged sword to slay outright A wretch like me, Made one with misery.
Antigone
About his waist he wore a richly-studded belt, in which was stuck a short straight
two-edged sword, with a sharp point, so disposed as to hang almost perpendicularly by his side.
Ivanhoe
He loosed his hold of the spear, and held out both hands before him; but Achilles drew his keen blade, and struck him by the collar-bone on his neck; he plunged his
two-edged sword into him to the very hilt, whereon he lay at full length on the ground, with the dark blood welling from him till the earth was soaked.
Iliad
Nay, thou know'st it not, And all unwitting art a double foe To thine own kin, the living and the dead; Aye and the dogging curse of mother and sire One day shall drive thee, like a
two-edged sword, Beyond our borders, and the eyes that now See clear shall henceforward endless night.
Oedipus The King
But, in course of time, they got accustomed to honest labor, and had sense enough to feel that there was more true enjoyment in living at peace, and doing good to one's neighbor, than in striking at him with a
two-edged sword. It may not be too much to hope that the rest of mankind will by and by grow as wise and peaceable as these five earth-begrimed warriors, who sprang from the dragon's teeth.
Tanglewood Tales
Now gallants tap their
two-edged swords, And pride and passion swell amain; Like red stars flashing through the night The circling wine-cups brim again.
Lute of Jade
He was somewhat instinctive in his likes and dislikes, and from the first he most heartily disliked the room itself,--its vague perfumes, its subdued violet coloring, the faces of the grinning idols, which seemed to meet his gaze in every direction, the pictures of those fierce-looking warriors who brandished
two-edged swords at him from the walls.
The Illustrious Prince
The forthright admission by Jesus of the divisive effect of His word, like a
two-edged sword (Hebrew 4:12), on family life shows his unflinching approach; no soft-pedaling what is really involved in following Him.
Sacrificing even family loyalties
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp
two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
'ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED, NOT SO?'
The minister also commented on the impact of President Buhari's suspension from office of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, an indigene of Cross River state, saying that it is a
two-edged sword.
Minister Insists On C/River APC Guber Ticket
It's difficult to ignore though that nuclear power is a
two-edged sword because this same energy source has the potential to change the planet overnight by making the most destructive weapons to exist in history.
Past in Perspective
Trump pressure on the Fed to cool it on tightening is a
two-edged sword, since it could backfire, though unlikely to alter the path of rates for now.
Euro$ interest rate futures are mixed
Technology, however, is a
two-edged sword. For every Jekyll, there's a Hyde.
The Jekyll and Hyde of Online Technologies