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on the other hand
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  • My mother says "Look before you leap." My father, on the other hand, says "He who hesitates is lost."
  • It really did look like a maul. On the other hand, most of the body was unmarked, which was unusual for an animal attack.  (source)
    On the other hand = a phrase used to introduce a different perspective
  • ...Harry felt he was pushing his luck, breaking another school rule today. On the other hand, Malfoys sneering face kept looming up out of the darkness — this was his big chance to beat Malfoy face-to-face.  (source)
    On the other hand = from another point of view
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  • I understand sheep; they're no longer a problem, and they can be good friends. On the other hand, I don't know if the desert can be a friend, and it's in the desert that I have to search for my treasure.  (source)
    On the other hand = in a way that is different
  • On the one hand, Ender Wiggin not only survived, he passed a threshold, he graduated in dazzlingly good shape, you have to give old Graff credit for that. On the other hand, there's the fourth passenger on the shuttle. The one traveling in a bag. Only the second death in the history of the school.  (source)
    On the other hand = from another point of view
  • Of course … even Boo Radley got sick sometimes, I thought. But on the other hand I wasn't sure.  (source)
    on the other hand = a phrase used to introduce a different perspective
  • I dearly wish I could go back there to visit; but on the other hand, I think I would be disturbed to see all the changes.  (source)
    on the other hand = from another point of view
  • You ladies, on the other hand...well, God put a lot of thought into making you.†  (source)
  • On the other hand, how could he help Lina if she was in the hands of the mayor's guards?†  (source)
  • McCandless, on the other hand, went too far in the opposite direction.†  (source)
  • Rosaleen, on the other hand, was out here biding time till we got caught.†  (source)
  • Roland, on the other hand, was sent to be unwound.†  (source)
  • On the other hand, he sure did hate Sam Westing.†  (source)
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