mixed blessing
Something that has both good and bad features.
Moving house has been a mixed blessing: we're closer to the shops, but the railway is noisy.
blessing
UK /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/ US /ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/
noun 5name 2
Definitions
noun
1
Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, My blessing, like a line of light, Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
2
A pronouncement invoking divine aid.
Then everybody once more knelt, and soon the blessing was pronounced. The choir and the clergy trooped out slowly, […], down the nave to the western door. […] At a seemingly immense distance the surpliced group stopped to say the last prayer.
3
Good fortune.
He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam.
4
A modern pagan ceremony.
5
The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.
We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.
Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler.
name
1
A surname.
2
A unisex given name of mainly African usage.
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