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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mixed feelings

This week Quentin Fottrell — aka The Moneyist — helped a reader who was bearing the main burden for caring for her mother, and having mixed feelings about it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

Acknowledging that the contest provokes "mixed feelings" in the Netherlands, the NPO said it had "explicitly asked the EBU to once again make the unifying character of the festival an important part of the event".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Some of the people who knew Dema’s father had mixed feelings about the bot, including a cousin who found it emotionally difficult, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Many locals, like money changer Zapata, have mixed feelings about the project.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

She’d always had mixed feelings about Nico di Angelo.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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