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the happy medium

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  • the happy medium — a/the happy ˈmedium idiom something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing sth • She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy. Main entry: ↑happyidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • a happy medium — a/the happy ˈmedium idiom something that is in the middle between two choices or two ways of doing sth • She tried to strike a happy medium between making the questions too hard and making them too easy. Main entry: ↑happyidiom …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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

  • Land of the Happy Medium — Costa Rica …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • (a) happy medium — a way of doing something which is good because it avoids being extreme. What you want from a holiday is a happy medium between activity and relaxation. (often + between) I m either exercising all the time or I m doing nothing but I can t seem to… …   New idioms dictionary

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 made the cup …   Словарь американских идиом

  • strike a happy medium — A man walked into a fortune teller s tent. When the fortune teller saw him, she started laughing, so he hit her. Why? He was striking a happy medium …   English expressions

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