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mixed blessing

noun

something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features.

mixed blessing

noun

an event, situation, etc, having both advantages and disadvantages

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mixed blessing¹

First recorded in 1930–35

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Idioms and Phrases

Something that has both good and bad features, as in Being accepted by the college was a mixed blessing, since she couldn't afford the tuition. [First half of 1900s]

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Togetherness can be a mixed blessing.

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But depending on the storms’ strength and path, it could be a bit of a mixed blessing.

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“We’re all indoctrinated into thinking that there’s nothing more important than autonomy, but it’s a very mixed blessing,” says Schwartz.

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“Nationalism is a mixed blessing for China’s leaders, and at the moment we are witnessing the costs of that,” says Professor Schneider.

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But there is a mixed blessing in the weather shift.

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mixed bag mixed bud

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