on the one hand ... on the other hand
B2 used when you are comparing two different facts or two opposite ways of thinking about a situation:
On the one hand I'd like a job that pays more, but on the other hand I enjoy the work I'm doing at the moment.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: connecting words which express a contrast
- after
- again
- any way you slice it idiom
- at any rate idiom
- at least idiom
- best
- disjunctive
- given
- however
- least
- might
- never
- nevertheless
- no thanks to sb idiom
- rate
- seeing (that)
- slice
- though
- tooth
- when
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