Usage examples of "de doble filo" in Spanish with translation to English

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La indiferencia es un arma de doble filo. Indifference is a double-edged weapon.
Ser un angloparlante es una espada de doble filo. Por un lado, hablas a la perfección el idioma más útil del mundo; pero por el otro, nadie quiere hablar en otro idioma contigo, lo cual dificulta el aprendizaje de lenguas extranjeras. Being an anglophone is a double-edged sword. On one hand, you speak perfectly the world's most useful language. But on the other, no one wants to speak anything else with you - making foreign language acquisition difficult.
La justicia en este país tiene un poco de doble rasero: la justicia del pobre y la justicia del rico. Justice in this country is a bit of a double standard: there is the justice of the poor and the justice of the rich.
Su sueldo es el doble del de hace siete años atrás. His salary is double what it was seven years ago.
Mi cuchillo ha perdido su filo. My knife has lost its edge.
Mi habitación es el doble de grande que la tuya. My room is twice as large as yours.
Él pesa el doble que su mujer. He is twice as heavy as his wife.
Nos gustaría una habitación doble con baño. We'd like a double room with bath.
Ocho es el doble de cuatro. Eight is the double of four.
De hecho, para moverse a cualquier velocidad el oso polar usa el doble de la energía que usan los demás mamíferos. In fact, to move at any speed the polar bear uses twice as much energy as do most other mammals.
Los precios son el doble que hace dos años. Prices are double what they were two years ago.
Él comió el doble que yo. He ate twice as much as I did.
He aparcado en doble fila, ¿puedes darte prisa? I'm double-parked. Could you hurry it up?
La media del espacio vital en América es el doble que la media de espacio vital en Japón. The average American living space is twice as large as the living space in Japan.
Doble a la derecha. Turn right.
Ese perro es exactamente el doble de tamaño que éste. That dog is exactly twice the size of this one.
Eres el doble de fuerte que yo. You are twice as strong as I.
Mi hermano come el doble que yo. My brother eats twice as much as I do.
Mi amigo Tom tiene el doble de sellos que yo. My friend Tom has twice as many stamps as I do.
Es un doble revés. It's a double whammy.
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