This is a great product, it does, however, come with some disadvantages.
I suppose saying "... but it isn't flawless" etc are equally fine but is there an idiom that could be used here?
asked Feb 25, 2017 at 7:29
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By disadvantage, do you mean negative consequences it can bring about by user's consumption or an inherent defect in product?– YuriCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 7:55
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inherent defect– ChadThunderCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 8:07
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1Then I wouldn't buy that product since it's defective, and faulty, or even broken. :-( Some people call it a piece of junk or sometimes a lemon. However, since you say the product is great I'd suggest however, imperfection is inevitable.– YuriCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 8:13
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There is the idiom "curate's egg" meaning 'something that is partly good but mainly bad'. But it can hardly meet advertising objectives.– YuliaCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 15:06
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1Is there even an idiom for this? I can't think of any besides @Ahmbro Dude's answer, which isn't really fully an idiom.– Mathew AldenCommented May 20, 2021 at 21:20
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I guess, you can use the idiom "pros and cons" in this context.
This is a great product, it does, however, has its own "pros and cons".
answered Feb 25, 2017 at 7:56
"This is a great product, but every bean has its black..."
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"But there are spots even on the sun" isn't an idiom I'm familiar with, as a native speaker. I'm not sure I'd understand what it means. Some explanation would definitely improve your answer. Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 16:49
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"But every bean has its black" isn't an idiom I'm familiar with, as a native speaker. I'm not sure I'd understand what it means. Some explanation would definitely improve your answer. Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 17:20
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@David Richerby: Interesting. I was sure that it's an English proverb which coincides with the Russian one word for word. So the English equivalent is "Every bean has its black". I've corrected my previous post, thank you for pointing it out.– YuliaCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 17:22
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It means that everything has its disadvantages. "Ye hae had your ain time o't, Mr. Syddall: but ilka [every] bean has its black and ilka path has its puddle... and it will just set you henceforth to sit at the board end as weel as it did Andrew lang syne." (W. Scott, ‘Rob Roy’ ch. XXXVIII)– YuliaCommented Feb 25, 2017 at 17:27
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1@Yulia I'd understood the phase must mean that everything has imperfections, but only because we're discussing phrases with that meaning. I've literally never heard this phrase before and, if somebody had come up to me in the street yesterday and said it to me, I would have had no clue what they were talking about. Commented Feb 25, 2017 at 22:14