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idiomwayssth could swing either wayused in order to say that you cannot tell in advance which of two results an action, game, election etc will have:The match could have swung either way in the thrilling last twenty minutes.The market could swing either way depending on the news from the Middle East.in more ways than oneused in order to emphasize that something happens or is true in many ways or for many reasons:Nobel prize-winner Dr Getrude Elion has been a scientific pioneer in more ways than one.When I left England to work in America, I found that it's a long way from Manchester to Chicago in more ways than one.it cuts both waysused in order to say that an idea, decision, or change has both good and bad results, or that it has two different or opposite effects:We should remember that genetic testing for evidence cuts both ways - it clears the innocent as well as implicating the guilty.Your argument cuts both ways - if sexist language restricts the role of women, then it does the same for men.mend/change your waysto improve your behaviour and stop doing something bad, which you have been doing for a long time:We're trying to mend our ways by bringing in new social studies text books full of geographical concepts that we hope will encourage children to learn more about the world.Tyson said at the time, "I've learned my lesson, and changed my ways - I just hope my fans can forgive me."no two ways about itspoken used in order to emphasize that something is true:If you got rid of that table it would transform the room, no two ways about it.No two ways about it, that was the hardest exam I've ever taken.a parting of the waysused about a situation in which two people or groups who have been living or working closely together, decide to live or work separately:The poor sales of their next album caused a parting of the ways between Tony Visconti and David Bowie.With the end of high school came a natural parting of the ways; I went to school in Chicago and Wendy stayed in Barrington to work in the family store.The attempt on the President's life signalled a parting of the ways between the rebel faction and their overseas supporters.be set in your waysused in order to say that you always do things in the same way and do not like doing them differently:My husband died 20 years ago, and since then I've lived alone and, I suppose, become fairly set in my ways.Employers used to believe that younger employees would be less set in their ways and more flexible, but a recent survey challenges this view.sb swings both waysused in order to say that someone is sexually attracted to both men and women:"Is he gay?" "Well, I think he swings both ways."Rumour has it that their lead singer swings both ways.there are ways and means (of doing sth)used in order to say that there are effective ways of achieving something, without saying exactly what they are, sometimes because they are secret or illegal:The company has ways and means of finding out what the competition are up to.There are ways and means of introducing speed controls, and speed humps are not the most effective. wise in the ways of ___used in order to say that someone understands all about how to deal with a situation, or how a particular person or organization is likely to behave:Andrew, aged seven, is wise in the ways of street survival - don't get noticed and you won't get hurt."Send Mum a card, and I mean today, not next week," said Emma, wise in the ways of brothers.you can't have it both waysspoken used in order to say that someone should choose one way of doing things and accept the results, instead of wanting advantages from both of two possible decisions or actions:You can't have it both ways - if we tell children not to talk to strangers, we can't blame them for being rude to people who talk to them in the street.The Foreign Secretary cannot have it both ways - claiming to want to be at the heart of Europe but then refusing to make any commitments.
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