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  • roundabouts — raÊŠndÉ™baÊŠt n. merry go round (British); indirect road or method, detour; rotary, traffic circle (British); close fitting jacket worn by men and boys during the 19th century adj. indirect, circuitous …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ROUNDABOUTS — …   Useful english dictionary

  • swings and roundabouts — A situation in which advantages and disadvantages cancel each other out • • • Main Entry: ↑swing * * * swings and roundabouts british informal phrase used for describing a situation that has advantages and disadvantages Thesaurus: partly good and …   Useful english dictionary

  • Moodswings and Roundabouts — Infobox Album Name = Moodswings and Roundabouts Type = compilation Artist = The Wildhearts Background = orange Released = March 1998 Genre = hard rock, punk rock, heavy metal Label = East West Japan Reviews = Last album = Landmines And Pantomimes …   Wikipedia

  • Swings and Roundabouts — Infobox Album Name = Swings and Roundabouts Type = studio Artist = Shanks Bigfoot Released = February 2000 Recorded = 1999 2000 Genre = Pop Length = Label = Jive Producer = Steven Meade, Danny Langsman Reviews = Last album = This album = Swings… …   Wikipedia

  • swings and roundabouts —    If something s swings and roundabouts, it has about as many disadvantages as it has advantages.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    This expression means that there are as many advantages as there are disadvantages, or what is lost in one… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts — A fairground metaphor used in a variety of forms. 1912 P. CHALMERS Green Days & Blue Days 19 What’s lost upon the roundabouts we pulls up on the swings. 1927 Times 24 Mar. 15 By screwing more money out of taxpayers he diminishes their savings,… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • it's swings and roundabouts — British & Australian, British & Australian something that you say to describe a situation in which there are as many advantages as there are problems. If you make more money, you have to pay more tax, so what we gain on the swings, we lose on the …   New idioms dictionary

  • swings and roundabouts — If something s swings and roundabouts, it has about as many disadvantages as it has advantages …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • swings and roundabouts — noun Offsetting gains and losses. If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so its all swings and roundabouts really …   Wiktionary

  • swings and roundabouts — ► swings and roundabouts Brit. a situation in which different actions result in no eventual gain or loss. Main Entry: ↑swing …   English terms dictionary

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