Meanings
- A situation seems different to each of the two people involved in it; one should not make a judgement until one hears the other side.
Synonyms: there are two sides to every story, there are two ends to every stick
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbA situation seems different to each of the two people involved in it; one should not make a judgement until one hears the other side.
Translations
Arabic لكل حادث روايتان
- لكل حادث روايتانdon't make a judgement until you hear the other side
French toute médaille a son revers
- toute médaille a son reversdon't make a judgement until you hear the other side
German jede Geschichte hat zwei Seiten
- jede Geschichte hat zwei Seitendon't make a judgement until you hear the other side
Hungarian az éremnek két oldala van
- az éremnek két oldala vandon't make a judgement until you hear the other side
Turkish her hikâyenin iki tarafı var
- her hikâyenin iki tarafı vardon't make a judgement until you hear the other side
Cite this entry
there are two sides to every question. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there%20are%20two%20sides%20to%20every%20question
“there are two sides to every question.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there%20are%20two%20sides%20to%20every%20question. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “there are two sides to every question,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/there%20are%20two%20sides%20to%20every%20question.
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