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what you lose on the swings, you gain on the roundabouts

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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • lose — see what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts you cannot lose what you never had a bleating sheep loses a bite lend your money and lose your friend the sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle a tale …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • gain — noun see one man’s loss is another man’s gain there’s no great loss without some gain no pain, no gain verb see what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts nothing venture, nothing gain …   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

  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Australian federal election, 2007 — Infobox Election election name = Australian federal election, 2007 country = Australia type = parliamentary ongoing = no previous election = Australian federal election, 2004 previous year = 2004 next election = Next Australian federal election… …   Wikipedia

  • swing — v. & n. v. (past and past part. swung) 1 intr. & tr. move or cause to move with a to and fro or curving motion, as of an object attached at one end and hanging free at the other. 2 intr. & tr. a sway. b hang so as to be free to sway. c oscillate… …   Useful english dictionary

  • roundabout — see what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • swing — see what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts …   Proverbs new dictionary

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