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1 happy medium
(a sensible middle course between two extreme positions: I need to find the happy medium between starving and over-eating.) zlata sredina -
2 happy
['hæpi]1) (having or showing a feeling of pleasure or contentment: a happy smile; I feel happy today.) srečen2) (willing: I'd be happy to help you.) vesel3) (lucky: By a happy chance I have the key with me.) srečen•- happily
- happy-go-lucky
- happy medium* * *[haepi]adjective ( happily adverb)srečen; zadovoljen, vesel (at, about česa); razveseljiv; ugoden; posrečen (izraz); colloquially "v rožicah"; slang omamljen (od udarcev, bombe); slang navdušen, nor na kajslang happy dust — kokainslang happy juice — alkohol -
3 medium
['mi:diəm] 1. plurals - media; noun1) (something by or through which an effect is produced: Air is the medium through which sound is carried.) medij, posrednik2) ((especially in plural) a means (especially radio, television and newspapers) by which news etc is made known: the news media.) mediji3) (a person through whom spirits of dead people are said to speak: I know a medium who says she can communicate with Napoleon.) medij4) (a substance in which specimens are preserved, bacteria grown etc.) gojišče2. adjective(middle or average in size, quality etc: Would you like the small, medium or large packet?) srednji* * *I [mí:diəm]adjectivesrednji, povprečenprinting medium faced — polmasteneconomy medium-priced — povprečne cenetechnical medium cars — avtomobili srednjega razredaelectrical medium wave — srednji valII [mí:diəm]noun(plural media, mediums) sredina, srednja pot; biology physics chemistry srednik, medij; medicine gojišče; reklamno sredstvo (radio, TV itd.); sredstvo, pripomoček, posrednikby ( —ali through) the medium of — s pomočjo, s posredovanjemeconomy medium of exchange — valuta, denar
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happy medium — noun A prudent or sensible middle course • • • Main Entry: ↑happy * * * happy medium see ↑medium, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑happy happy medium : a good choice or condition that avoids any extremes … Useful english dictionary
happy medium — If you reach a happy medium, you are making a compromise; reaching a conclusion or decision … The small dictionary of idiomes
happy medium — index compromise Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
happy medium — noun singular a way of doing something that is between two extreme positions or is satisfactory to everyone … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
happy medium — noun A balanced position between two opposite extremes. The tone of the paper strikes a happy medium between layman approachability and technical accuracy … Wiktionary
happy medium — Synonyms and related words: abnegation, abstinence, average, balance, calm, calmness, center, compromise, conservatism, constraint, continence, control, cool, dispassion, evenness, fence, generality, gentleness, golden mean, half measures, half… … Moby Thesaurus
happy medium — UK / US noun [singular] a way of doing something that is between two extreme positions or is satisfactory to everyone … English dictionary
ˌhappy ˈmedium — noun [singular] a way of doing something that is between two extreme positions or that is satisfactory to everyone … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
happy medium — hap′py me′dium n. cvb middle ground … From formal English to slang
strike a happy medium — {v. phr.} To find an answer to a problem that is halfway between two unsatisfactory answers. * /Mary said the dress was blue. Jane said it was green. They finally struck a happy medium and decided it was blue green./ * /Two teaspoons of sugar… … Dictionary of American idioms
strike a happy medium — {v. phr.} To find an answer to a problem that is halfway between two unsatisfactory answers. * /Mary said the dress was blue. Jane said it was green. They finally struck a happy medium and decided it was blue green./ * /Two teaspoons of sugar… … Dictionary of American idioms