| 单词 | happy medium |
| 释义 | happy mediumSEE SYNONYMS FOR happy medium ON THESAURUS.COM nouna course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold. a satisfactory compromise between two things that are related in such a way that one increases as the other decreases: We need to find a happy medium between conserving land and developing property. Words nearby happy mediumhappy family, happy-go-lucky, happy hour, happy hunting ground, Happy Jack, happy medium, happy-puppet syndrome, happy release, happy slapping, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, happy warrior Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for happy mediumhappy medium nouna course or state that avoids extremes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with happy mediumhappy medium The midway point between two extremes. For example, We need to find a happy medium between overdoing the holiday season and ignoring it entirely. This expression, first recorded in 1778, was once known as the golden mean and is based on ancient mathematical principles. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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