two-headed monster

collocation in English

meaningsofmonster

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monster
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɒn.stər/us
/ˈmɑːn.stɚ/
any imaginary frightening creature, especially one that is large ...
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(Definition ofmonsterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The law as it stands helps to create atwo-headedmonsterin this respect.
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That would solve the present impossibility of scrutinising the immense amount of stuff pouring out of thetwo-headedmonster.
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It is a most unworkable proposal, atwo-headedmonsterwithout any form of co-operation between the two heads.
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This evil,two-headedmonsteris a scourge that is worse than low pay, bad working conditions or even poor housing.
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They often feel that the papers, on the one side, and television, on the other, have become atwo-headedmonsterwith excessive power.
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We are facing also what has been termed thetwo-headedmonsterof the trend and the bulge.
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The whole thing, indeed, will be a bicephalous in-congruity, atwo-headedmonster.
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I said earlier that this was atwo-headedmonster.
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That is to regard the city council as atwo-headedmonster.
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The limited availability of land produces atwo-headedmonster—the escalation of land values due to shortage of land, and the frustration of the housing programme as the result.
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There is a very real risk of seeing atwo-headedmonsteremerge on this planet, with poor countries providing the labour and rich countries providing the capital.
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The evolutionary line continued, but a powerful offshoot from it was generated, manifested first as wireless telegraphy and finally as thetwo-headedmonsterknown as radio and television.
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If you already have atwo-headedmonster, why would you need three?
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So he was destined to struggle with thetwo-headedmonsterof his own creation to the end of his life.
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That is the way to settle two-headed monsters.
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Two-headed monsters always tend to get in a bit of a mess.
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