Common Chinese miscues on English idioms
Updated: 2014-07-09 07:39 ( bbs.chinadaily.com.cn)3. "A double-edged sword"
Most Chinese students I've met get the phrase wrong and say "two-edged sword", but it is still strange to use the correct phrase in everyday life. It may be used in writing, but it would change the tone of your piece. We could perhaps say that using a double-edged sword is a double-edged sword… I'll move on…
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