Working from home and the office is the worst of both worlds.
worst of both worlds
idiomA solution or scenario which combines the disadvantages of two opposed prior solutions, often having been intended to combine their benefits instead.
Origin
disputed originAntonym of best of both worlds.
She chose a hybrid car that is too heavy to be fast and too small to be comfortable, giving her the worst of both worlds.
By attempting to satisfy both the traditionalists and the modernists, the committee created a policy that offered the worst of both worlds, pleasing nobody.
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all over the world
throughout the world, everywhere, worldwide, globally.
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be one's own worst enemy
To act contrary to one's own interests; to cause problems for oneself; to self-sabotage.
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best of both worlds
A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.
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come into the world
To be born.
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coming into the world
The act of being born; a birth.
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dead to the world
Sound asleep.
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doctors make the worst patients
It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.
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edge of the world
A very remote place.
Last updated April 17, 2026