mixed blessing
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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mixed bless·ing
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a situation or thing that has disadvantages as well as advantages:
having children so early in their marriage was a mixed blessing.
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Waiting years.
Magazine article from: Presbyterian Record; 10/1/1999; ; 365 words
; Getting my old age pension recently was a mixed blessing. As much as I enjoy the financial benefits, I recognize I have reached a formidable crossroads in my life. Some time ago, an English...
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Shots in the dark: why the slope from child to adult stardom has never been more slippery.(Column)
Magazine article from: Interview; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; Becoming a child or teen star can be a mixed blessing if there's no follow-through. The shift of pop culture's economic focus onto the youth audience over the past 15 or so years has...
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Environmental Restoration.
Magazine article from: American Forests; 1/1/1991; ; 193 words
; ...at the University of California at Berkeley. For new movements to originate or at least to be baptized at Berkeley is a mixed blessing, and this book proves the point. That nature can be restored to its original condition is a concept that should be discussed...
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The labor shortage: a mixed blessing for staffing and employment firms.(AN ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT)(Advertisement)
Magazine article from: San Fernando Valley Business Journal; 5/23/2005; ; 412 words
; Placement firms have long been a harbinger of the economy, in good times and bad. The current labor shortage has proven a mixed blessing for businesses that place people in companies. On one hand, more clients in Southern California have sought out assistance...
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Boxing in the microwave, high or low.
Magazine article from: Sunset; 9/1/1987; 82 words
; Those marvelous microwaves can be a mixed blessing if they take up valuable counter space. One solution is to box them in, as these two examples show. To keep the microwave accessible...
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Toronto Operetta Theatre's.(CANADA)
Magazine article from: Opera Canada; 6/22/2008; 308 words
; Toronto Operetta Theatre's performance of The Mikado Apr. 23 was a mixed blessing. One didn't just want to hear Sullivan, one wanted to hear Gilbert, too. Here, though, the diction, especially among the women...
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Defining church.(LETTERS)(Letter to the Editor)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 7/15/2005; ; 208 words
; * Since I retired, I have enjoyed reading NCR cover to cover. It is a mixed blessing considering the church news of late. Your letters often speak of the decisions of those who are disillusioned and have chosen a...
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(book reviews)
Magazine article from: Environment; 5/1/1994; ; 198 words
; ...region into one of the world's most productive agricultural areas. Opie demonstrates, however, that these changes have been a mixed blessing. The soil and water resources on which the region's prosperity depends are being rapidly depleted. Pumping from the Ogallala...
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REW hosts roundtable on 2000 'rollercoaster'.
Magazine article from: Real Estate Weekly; 1/24/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Jan. 16 roundtable panel described as a rollercoaster year, a mixed blessing, and unpredictable. Everybody, particularly in the leasing industry, felt that it was a mixed blessing, said Robin Abrams, executive vice president of Lansco's retail...
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The future of the past.(Potpourri)
Magazine article from: Change; 1/1/2004; ; 494 words
; Literacy has been a mixed blessing to scholars, generating more information than they could digest. While decay and destruction erased historical records, the antlike...
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blessing
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
blessing a blessing in disguise an apparent misfortune that eventually has good results, recorded from the mid 18th century. blessings brighten as they take their flight it is only when something...recorded from the mid 18th century. See also count one's blessings at count2 , mixed of Chancery ...
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mixed
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
mixed mixed blessing a thing that has disadvantages as well as advantages. mixed metaphor a combination of two or more incompatible metaphors, which produces a ridiculous effect.
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Buchanan, Sir Colin
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Buchanan, Sir Colin (1907–2001). Scots architect and planner. In 1958 he published Mixed Blessing: The Motor in Britain , as the result of which he was appointed by the then Conservative government urban planning advisor to the...
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Paritta
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...A formula which is to be recited for protection or blessing; the non-canonical collection of such formulae; and the...thereof are recited. Paritta is a Buddhist healing and blessing rite. Originally adopted to cater to the extrareligious...itself many features of the protective, healing, and blessing ...
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Kuti, Femi
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...s Tradition Growing up the son of a famous father can be a mixed blessing, and Femi Kuti, the son of Nigerian Afrobeat pioneer Fela...x2019; s emergence as a recording and performance artist who mixed music of the past with that of the present unexpectedly resulted...
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