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I know it is not the intended meaning, but my thought the very first time I ever
heard that expression was that if I knew what I was doing, a sword with two
sharp edges would double my odds of hurting someone else, and if I did not would
double my odds of hurting myself.
It would be interesing to hear the reaction of someone whose first language was
not English or whose cultural history did not include swordfighting.
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: <quills -at- airmail -dot- net>
> Actually, the dropping of the word sword is a short-cut. The actual
> reference is a double-edged sword. A sword that can cut on the
> fore-stroke and the back-stroke, one that can cut you as well as the
> target. And in the cited instance it is a parallel metaphor. One good,
> one bad, just as in a double-edged sword.
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