what would be the suitable phrase for something that is bad but is also a solution for the problem? for example if I say internet has brought cyberterrorism but is also very useful for  countering terrorism.
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Take this scenario:     a tool has a specific feature that could be regarded as an invaluable benefit for. However, this feature, if used in opposite direction may be counterproductive. In other words, the strength point may be the weakness point.   For example, feature X of a security mechanism could be leveraged to break that if used maliciously. So, what's the word/phrase to describe this feature? I think it should be something other than Achilles heel.
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I would use rope-a-dope, but it's got connotations of pretending to lose that I don't need. I'm trying to describe the behavior of someone who sends twenty detailed emails a day about various projects, and the recipient of his emails has finally gotten tired of trying to parse them, so the recipient just agrees to whatever he proposes. I'd like an expression that evokes both outward earnestness and hidden creepiness, like Uriah Heep, Dickens's "Humble servant" with veiled ambition, who overdoes it with professions of humility until he's in power. Water torture would work, but comes too close to a more racist expression that I'm not comfortable with.
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Take an example:  Me : Where can I find the best pizza in the city?   Friend:1000s of people are dying of hunger and all you care about best pizza.  In this case he does reply to my question but it doesn't help me.  Is there a word/group of words to express this?
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I'm a bit confused about this. Which expression is correct?     You can't just do that.    or      You just can't do that.   I'm trying to say:     You can't just bash an ideology because of what someone has said/done.
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I'm looking for a word to describe using someone's own tactics against them. A formal word is preferable but a colloquialism will work as well.
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There is a phrase I have heard quite a bit recently dealing with people that are leaving the department for promotions, etc. When a person leaves, it is good for them, but bad for us.  It is good for them because they will be pursuing a new opportunity, but not so good for the department since they will have to be replaced, and others will have to pick up the slack until someone else can be hired and get up to speed.  Is there a word that means that a deal is good for one party, but not necessarily the other?
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Tests are hard to solve for large number of users.   Checking the similar usage of such expression, I think there is something wrong with the sentence. What's the best and correct? a large number OR large numbers OR even something else!
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In a technical environment, what is the most suitable sentence to use when answering to someone about a problem that they had and we solved it for them:   The problem is solved The problem has been solved
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I am trying to think of a non-colloquial word or phrase that means "practice what you preach." I would appreciate any suggestions. Thank you!
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I think some good words would be conflicted, or confused. As an example of context, think of someone who believes in freedom of speech, but, at the same time, they would support banning comedians who make jokes about certain issues that person cares about.
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I am finding an example to clearly differentiate and demonstrate the use of these two words. At the moment, I am relying more on my feelings to decide which word to use. Say I am writing an article that talks about a solution or framework, should I say:   It is a general solution to kill computer virus. It is a generic solution to kill computer virus.   I want to show that the framework is normal, does it job, nothing fancy and that's about it. If the two sentences above are correct, what are the perceived meaning of each sentence?
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On Facebook, one will find numerous pages like "I hate it when people leave my room and leave the door open" or "When a teacher points at me I look back only to find that it is ME".   Can there be a good word to reflect this broad category. I was thinking of Daily happenings, Common observations but I can't find a pleasant to sound word or phrase to represent them.
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Imagine a situation in which the whole place is on fire, a bomb is about to explode, everyone is running for their lives and someone is checking his looks on the mirror... pretty inappropriate for the situation, don't you think? I'm looking for an idiom or colloquial/slang/informal expression to describe such an indifferent stance.
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I'm looking for a good word to express the concept of "the right thing being done" but avoiding the connotations of the two most obvious words:   Justice - has too much of a connotation of being legalistic or enforced by the police. Morality - has too much of a connotation of "traditional values" and puritanism.   Is there a better word?
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Is there a short phrase (one to three words), Latin or otherwise, that conveys "but consider the source"?  For example, "I heard that pigs fly on television (your phrase here)."  I'm thinking perhaps a phrase that begins with the Latin word "caveat".
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Could you think of any synonym phrase or words, so that they would be synonym with the following?  That idiot of a doctor The real palace of a house  Thanks in advance
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I'm trying to find either a word or a phrase that describes a person who knows the answer to a problem or problems but is never believed, even though the person is actually correct. The nearest I can come up with is maybe the story of , but that is about knowing the future but never being believed. The word or a phrase may indicate they are simply ignored, but I am more interested in answers indicating the person suffers negative consequences such as being ridiculed or even persecuted for their correct solution. Maybe think of people such as  I stumbled across  of people whose ideas were rejected and were treated as pariahs for them but were later proven to be correct. These are exactly the kind of people I am looking for words or phrases to describe.