If you strike or find a happy medium between two extreme and opposite courses of action, you find a sensible way of behaving that is somewhere between the two extremes.
I aim to strike a happy medium between playing entertaining football and gettingresults.
It's very difficult to strike a happy medium and make it right for everybody.
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happy medium in British English
noun
a course or state that avoids extremes
Examples of 'happy medium' in a sentence
happy medium
You need to find your own happy medium.
Christianity Today (2000)
We have to find a happy medium where we are competitive.
The Sun (2013)
He just has to find that happy medium.
The Sun (2015)
I need to find a happy medium.
The Sun (2011)
Finally, the void is being addressed between fast food and formal dining to find the happy medium many racegoers want.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There's no right or wrong, what matters is to find a happy medium.
The Sun (2007)
When you find a happy medium, your love life will be fewer peaks and troughs, and more consistent high spots.
The Sun (2016)
Definition of 'happy medium to strike a happy medium'