English Dictionary

cut both ways

動詞

To have both benefits and drawbacks. / To have implications for something as well as its counterpart. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, both, ways.

日本語の意味

一長一短（物事に良い面と悪い面があること） / 良し悪し両面があり、双方に影響を与える様子

Introducing a four-day workweek might cut both ways, increasing employee satisfaction while potentially reducing overall productivity.

週4日制の導入は一長一短で、従業員満足度を高める一方で全体的な生産性を低下させる可能性もある。

意味（1）

To have both benefits and drawbacks.

A redundant observation about Ben Fouhy: It's not easy being him. No, not really. But that cuts both ways you know, that affords me the opportunities, the highs and lows, the heights and depths that perhaps other people don't ... experience.

意味（2）

To have implications for something as well as its counterpart.

Readers are invited at this point to listen to the pleasant sound of the recordings in LT [Lehman’s temperament], which can be found on this page. Together with the record value of MSS [Music Sameness of Scales], this makes a convincing case for Lehman’s hypothesis. But arguments, like a razor,(5) cut both ways: some lesser known temperament might achieve a better MSS than LT

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, both, ways.

cuts both ways （ present singular third-person ）

cutting both ways （ participle present ）

cut both ways （ participle past ）

cut both ways （ past ）