on the downside



on the downside

Considering the negative, adverse, disadvantageous, regrettable, etc., aspects of a situation, especially one that is or would be otherwise positive or beneficial. My son will automatically have EU citizenship because he's being born in Ireland, but on the downside, we have to apply separately for American citizenship.
See also: on

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
MeikeMIE-kəGerman, Dutch
Olympe-French
IngaING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A
Klim-Russian, Ukrainian
JothamJO-thəm (English)Biblical
NahorNAY-hawr (English)Biblical