a coin has two sides 的更地道的表达该是什么？
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This is a nice case of using formulaic expressions by native and non-native speakers.
I'm no expert here (nor a native speaker) but I think the more typical uses are:
1) The other side of the coin....(with or without a copula);
2) The flip side of the coin is...;
3) Every coin has a flip side;
4) two sides of the same coin;
5) X is just one side of the (Y) coin: e.g. Bad diet is just one side of the obesity coin.
Indeed it's rare to hear the expression "a coin has two sides"; it doesn't really sound
very creative.
---------some examples from the BNC------
special sort of vision on Dutch artists? The reverse of the coin is internationalism, a feature,
you might be interested to hear the other side of the coin. As an individual who worked for over
image. But there is also the flip side of the coin. Customers return because they feel food about
police systems therefore requires an analysis of both sides of the coin, to explore how anti-stru
As both composer and critic he touched both sides of the coin: A climate of receptivity is what t
some cases, quasi-corporatist; on the other side of the coin, they enable extremist minorities to
throughout the Eastern bloc is unfortunately the other side of the coin to self-determination. Hi
may be true in general, but the other side of the coin is that Britain expects change in return,
, as against 554 in 1920. The other side of the coin was the increasing subjection in 1922 of the
is a particularly gruelling one. The other side of the coin is that it is very satisfying and rew
private property and exploitation are just two sides of the same coin, is a central proposition o
a strain. But there was a flip side to the coin. When she was dressed and made up and prepared fo
" cart. And she glimpsed the flip side of the coin: clusters of caravans where the "poor whites" l
in analytical terms, in fact opposite sides of the same coin. They deserve our attention not only
types of blood were perceived as two sides of the same coin: on the one side positive male blood
kinship ties. These were the two sides of the same coin which I referred to at the beginning of t
dogs healthy into old age has considerable advantages. But every coin has a flip side; although w
This is a nice case of using formulaic expressions by native and non-native speakers.
I'm no expert here (nor a native speaker) but I think the more typical uses are:
1) The other side of the coin....(with or without a copula);
2) The flip side of the coin is...;
3) Every coin has a flip side;
4) two sides of the same coin;
5) X is just one side of the (Y) coin: e.g. Bad diet is just one side of the obesity coin.
Indeed it's rare to hear the expression "a coin has two sides"; it doesn't really sound
very creative.
---------some examples from the BNC------
special sort of vision on Dutch artists? The reverse of the coin is internationalism, a feature,
you might be interested to hear the other side of the coin. As an individual who worked for over
image. But there is also the flip side of the coin. Customers return because they feel food about
police systems therefore requires an analysis of both sides of the coin, to explore how anti-stru
As both composer and critic he touched both sides of the coin: A climate of receptivity is what t
some cases, quasi-corporatist; on the other side of the coin, they enable extremist minorities to
throughout the Eastern bloc is unfortunately the other side of the coin to self-determination. Hi
may be true in general, but the other side of the coin is that Britain expects change in return,
, as against 554 in 1920. The other side of the coin was the increasing subjection in 1922 of the
is a particularly gruelling one. The other side of the coin is that it is very satisfying and rew
private property and exploitation are just two sides of the same coin, is a central proposition o
a strain. But there was a flip side to the coin. When she was dressed and made up and prepared fo
" cart. And she glimpsed the flip side of the coin: clusters of caravans where the "poor whites" l
in analytical terms, in fact opposite sides of the same coin. They deserve our attention not only
types of blood were perceived as two sides of the same coin: on the one side positive male blood
kinship ties. These were the two sides of the same coin which I referred to at the beginning of t
dogs healthy into old age has considerable advantages. But every coin has a flip side; although w
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回复: a coin has two sides 的更地道的表达该是什么？
there are two sides to everything!
there are two sides to everything!
回复: a coin has two sides 的更地道的表达该是什么？
There are both advantages and disadvantages.
There are both advantages and disadvantages.