"best of both worlds" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-best of both worlds.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} best of both worlds (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic, singular only) A combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits. Wikipedia link: Best of Both Worlds Tags: idiomatic, singular, singular-only, uncountable Translations (combination of two contradictory benefits): 兩全其美 (Chinese Mandarin), 两全其美 (liǎngquánqíměi) (Chinese Mandarin), 兩者之優點 (Chinese Mandarin), 两者之优点 (liǎngzhě zhī yōudiǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), parhaat puolet molemmista (Finnish), le beurre et l’argent du beurre (French), les avantages sans les inconvénients [masculine, plural] (French), det beste fra to verdener (Norwegian Bokmål), найкра́ще з обо́х світі́в (najkrášče z obóx svitív) (Ukrainian)

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