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swings and roundabouts
losses and gains balance out
If it is swings and roundabouts, one advantage balances out one disadvantage overall.
Hear it in real life
Are you better off after moving?
Not really - it's swings and roundabouts.
The new job pays more, but the commute is longer, so it's swings and roundabouts.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: It's swing and roundabouts.
Say: It's swings and roundabouts.
Keep both parts of this chiefly British expression plural: "swings and roundabouts."
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How it fits in a sentence.
it's swings and roundabouts; life is swings and roundabouts
Your turn: say it out loud
The new job pays more, but the commute is longer, so it's swings and roundabouts.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
swings and roundabouts
losses and gains balance out
“The new job pays more, but the commute is longer, so it's swings and roundabouts.”
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