janus : Idioms & Phrases

a fabric having both sides dressed, the sides being of different colors, used for reversible garments.

adjective satellite having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
- a Janus-faced view of history
- a Janus-faced policy
adjective satellite marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
double-dealing; two-faced; duplicitous; deceitful; double-faced; ambidextrous; double-tongued.
- she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
- a double-dealing double agent
- a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
adjective satellite having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
two-faced.
- Janus the two-faced god