mixed feelings

Idioms  

1. A partly positive and partly negative reaction to something, as in I have mixed feelings about this trip; I'd love to go but don't want to ride in that tiny car.

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Example Sentences

“It’s rather mixed feelings. I have joy, joy for Belarusian people,” said dissident leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the internationally recognized winner of the 2020 elections, whose own husband numbered among those released this year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms Khatun, says she has mixed feelings about being allowed back in India.

From BBC

Warner shareholders seem still to have mixed feelings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many had distinctly mixed feelings even about bringing that case.

From Salon

Palmer has largely recovered from a freak toe injury sustained at home in November, but Maresca said the forward had "mixed feelings" after training this week.

From BBC