I was extremely close with my parents. Breaking away from that is a double-edged sword: It's something you need to do, but it's hard to cut the apron strings.

It's kind of a double-edged sword for these farmers.

Technology is always a double-edged sword.

It really is a double-edged sword. If you are a manager or a candidate, you want to be there ... but if you are there, you are dodging bullets instead of shooting bullets. And sometimes somebody draws blood and you are in trouble.

Fame is very much a double-edged sword.

Candor is always a double-edged sword; it may heal or it may separate.