mixed blessing

mixed blessing {n.}

Something good that has bad features.

John's new bicycle was a mixed blessing. The other boys were always asking John to ride it.

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[blessing] See: [MIXED BLESSING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[mixed bag] {n. phr.} A varied set of people, ideas, objects, or circumstances, including both the good and the bad. * /This report is a mixed bag of opinions./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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