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a blessing and a curse

both helpful and harmful

Something that is a blessing and a curse has both good and bad effects.

B2 common speech & writing

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Is social media useful for your business?

It is a blessing and a curse. It brings customers, but it takes so much time.

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Having flexible hours is a blessing and a curse because work can easily spread into the evening.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Working from home is a blessing or a curse.

Say: Working from home is a blessing and a curse.

Use 'and' when the same thing has both advantages and disadvantages.

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How it fits in a sentence.

be a blessing and a curse; something can be both a blessing and a curse

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Having flexible hours is a blessing and a curse because work can easily spread into the evening.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

a blessing and a curse

both helpful and harmful

“Having flexible hours is a blessing and a curse because work can easily spread into the evening.”

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