And from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference

The weapon of deferred pay was thus a two-edged one.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference

The mandibles have the sides serrate like a two-edged saw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases] Reference

The sharp tongue was two-edged now, and gossip that reached.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janet of the Dunes] Reference

"The tribute is two-edged," observed the actor with a shrug.    From Wordnik.com.  [Austin and His Friends] Reference

The former were two-edged and on the average about 3 ft. long.    From Wordnik.com.  [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference

Leisure is too often like a two-edged sword; it cuts both ways.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail] Reference

But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 22: Proverbs The Challoner Revision] Reference

Affliction is, in the hand of Divine Omnipotence, a two-edged sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, 1915] Reference

Isobel laughed lightly and let fly one of her little two-edged shafts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moon out of Reach] Reference

It might be well for him to reflect that agitation was a two-edged sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grand Old Man] Reference

It seemed impossible to do anything to save Beatrice from this two-edged peril.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Slave of Silence] Reference

"Rather a two-edged compliment, I'm afraid, Joan," chuckled Stair delightfully.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Splendid Folly] Reference

All iniquity is like a two-edged sword, there is no remedy for the wound thereof.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 26: Ecclesiasticus The Challoner Revision] Reference

Vernon, if a woman's tongue sharp as a two-edged sword could cut their lives apart.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Heart-Song of To-day] Reference

At one side was his hookah, at the other a two-edged sword and an unsheathed dagger.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference

Ensiform: sword-shaped: two-edged, large at base and tapering to the point: see anceps.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

But family is a two-edged sword: the Republicans are making much of the Ford clan's legal woes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Path To Power] Reference

And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he may strike the nations.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete] Reference

"No; from the appearance and general character of the wound it was caused by a two-edged blade.".    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bachelor's Dream] Reference

Blanch toyed musingly with the pretty two-edged knife, admiring its richly carved silver handle.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Dreams Come True] Reference

His keys jangling, he advanced slowly between two Marathas armed with matchlocks and two-edged swords.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference

Like all cowardly compromises, this one shaped itself into a two-edged sword; and soon every rover from.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of the Barbary Corsairs] Reference

And as far as putting more inspectors in the fields to enforce child labor laws, it's a two-edged sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [Danielle Nierenberg: Fighting for Farmworkers' Rights for More Than 40 Years] Reference

Antaeus went clad in the skin of a Maenalian bear, and wielding in his right hand a huge two-edged battleaxe.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Argonautica] Reference

Ancaeus went clad in the skin of a Maenalian bear, and wielding in his right hand a huge two-edged battleaxe.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Argonautica] Reference

It's a two-edged sword causing great suffering, but for some poor farming communities, creating opportunities.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Food Prices A Two-Edged Sword For Farmers] Reference

Anceps: two-edged; similar to ensiform, q.v. Ancestral: primitive; inherited from an earlier form or ancestor.    From Wordnik.com.  [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference

A two-edged saw is an abomination devised by conscienceless manufacturers for the seduction of innocent amateurs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference

Story telling is like a two-edged sword; sometimes it helps and sometimes it is a distinct disadvantage to tell stories.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dollars and Sense] Reference

Letters were written in abundance, which were treated rather roughly by two-edged scissors before the mail was conveyed to.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Delta of the Triple Elevens The History of Battery D, 311th Field Artillery US Army, American Expeditionary Forces] Reference

The power of eloquence and persuasion is mightier than any two-edged sword, and cuts down enemies like the sickle before the harvest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference

I knew that I must look the very picture of conscious guilt, for every word mademoiselle had uttered had pierced me like a two-edged sword.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rose of Old St. Louis] Reference