other side of the coin

Idioms  

1. The opposite aspect, as in I know you'd like to go, but the other side of the coin is that someone has to stay with the baby or The subscription is expensive, but the other side of the coin is that it's an excellent publication. This term replaced the older other side of the medal or other side of the shield about 1900.

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Example Sentences

On the other side of the coin, the government has not officially accepted them as residents under its protection.

From Salon

He found the other side of the coin on the landing.

From Literature

But the other side of the coin is instant consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the other side of the coin, just because a performing asset pulls forward its refinancings, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal

"If you have this kind of behaviour, you have to understand you have things that are good on that and then you have the other side of the coin," he said.

From BBC