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Jekyll and Hyde

noun
/dʒɛkəl ænd haɪd/

Etymology

From The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Definitions

  1. Someone or something that has two sides

    Someone or something that has two sides: one good (the "Dr Jekyll") and one bad (the "Mr Hyde").

    • The public will be better off if United and Western are true competitors, instead of a pair of Jekylls and Hydes.
    • America! / The international Jekyll and Hyde / The land of a thousand disguises / Sneaks up on you but rarely surprises
    • Charles Xavier: That was my… Evil self, X-Men. The Charles Xavier who would use his powers for personal gain and conquest--The Mr Hyde to my Dr Jekyll.

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