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worst of both worlds

idiom

A solution or scenario which combines the disadvantages of two opposed prior solutions, often having been intended to combine their benefits instead.


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  1. 01

    be one's own worst enemy

    To act contrary to one's own interests; to cause problems for oneself; to self-sabotage.

  2. 02

    best of both worlds

    A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.

  3. 03

    doctors make the worst patients

    It is difficult to advise people on subjects that they are experts on.

  4. 04

    in the worst way

    Urgently; desperately; to an extreme degree.

  5. 05

    worlds apart

    Vastly different.

  6. 06

    worlds away

    Vastly different; incompatible.

  7. 07

    worst comes to worst

    If a possible worst-case scenario actually occurs.

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