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every stick has two ends

every stick has two ends proverb: every situation has two sides.

Proverb

every stick has two ends

  1. Every situation has two sides.
    • But every stick has two ends, says a Russian proverb, and if the chemical shells helped the Germans, so, by and by, when we and our Allies began to adopt them, they caused also a great deal of damage to the Germans .1918, Basil Gourko, Memories and Impressions of War and Revolution in Russia 1914-1917, →OCLC, page 167
    • Apparently forgetting the times in which we live, the U.S. defense secretary, far from advocating mutual disarmament, called on America to increase its strength so as to be able to destroy the socialist countries both singly and combined. We scarcely need point out that this bellicose call by a...1964, United States Central Intelligence Agency, Daily Report, Foreign Radio Broadcasts: Issues 21–22, →OCLC, page BB10

Questions about every stick has two ends

What does every stick has two ends mean?
Every stick has two ends means every situation has two sides.
What part of speech is every stick has two ends?
Every stick has two ends is a proverb.

Words near every stick has two ends in the dictionary

  1. every silver lining has a cloud
  2. every single
  3. every single time
  4. every so often
  5. every step of the way
  6. every stick has two ends
  7. every thing
  8. every time
  9. every time one farts
  10. every time one turns around
  11. every trick in the book

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