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  1. A benefit that is also a liability, or that carries some significant but non-obvious cost or risk.
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    Etymology: from the notion that even as one edge of a two-edged sword can be directed at an enemy or otherwise do your bidding, the opposite edge, pointing back as it does towards you, is at risk of doing you harm

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