| Ironies aside, basing a full-length Hollywood feature on a well loved, long-running comic book is always a mixed blessing. |
| A milkman, dogged all his life by poverty, he has five lovely daughters, which is something of a mixed blessing. |
| If it is, their leader will have to look to his laurels because contiguity with Washington is a mixed blessing in this neck of the woods. |
| So the 1996 film Brassed Off was a godsend in one sense, but a mixed blessing in another. |
| The wealth of foreign owners has fueled title success, but for other clubs finding wealthy backers has proved a mixed blessing. |
| Marriage can be a mixed blessing, a fact that is perhaps reflected in the country's rising divorce rate. |
