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be a mixed blessing

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be a mixed blessing
something that has bad effects as well as advantages. Beauty can be a mixed blessing. It gets you a lot of attention but people are less likely to take you seriously.
See also: blessing, mixed
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But as he's entering his teen years, this interest of his is turning out to be a mixed blessing.
Can we change this station, please! (editor's note) by Scherer-Emunds, Meinrad / U.S. Catholic
A narrow loss on the road to a team ranked in the top 15 tends to be a mixed blessing, and that's exactly how USC viewed its 27-24 loss to Washington.
SC ANALYSIS: USC LOSS A MIXED BAG SOME GOOD, SOME BAD IN SETBACK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
472-8(e)(3), the election turned out to be a mixed blessing.
Taking the complexity out of simplified LIFO by Howard, Bruce / Journal of Accountancy
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