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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A mixed blessing


a mixed blessing

Source: condenaststore.com

Meaning: You can say something is a mixed blessing if it seems to be good, but in fact has bad effects as well as good effects.
For example:
  • Many scientists said discovering the power of the atom was a mixed blessing as it led to nuclear power, but it also made nuclear weapons possible.
  • Getting the promotion was a mixed blessing because it means I spend less time with my family.
Quick Quiz:
Winning the lottery was a mixed blessing in the end because
  1. it solved all our financial problems
  2. it caused disputes in the family
  3. we gave all the money away
englishclub.com
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
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.
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