flip side

noun
🔊/ˈflɪp saɪd/
🔊/ˈflɪp saɪd/
[usually singular]
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  1. flip side (of/to something) different and less welcome aspects of an idea, argument or action(想法、论点或行动的)反面,负面
    • It was only after they were married that she began to see the flip side of the fairy tale.直到他们结婚后,她才开始看到童话的另一面。
  2. (old-fashioned) the side of a record that does not have the main song or piece of music on it唱片反面(尤指没有主要歌曲或乐曲的一面)Topics Musicc2