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happy medium
noun
- a 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.
happy medium
noun
- a course or state that avoids extremes
Word History and Origins
Origin of happy medium1
Idioms and Phrases
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.Example Sentences
Batteries can be heavy so you need to strike a happy medium between battery power and weight.
The best cushioning is neither too hard nor too soft, hitting a happy medium characterized by soft and supportive and comfortable and lightweight.
I think that is a happy medium between the content regulation that some want and a complete free-for-all where these companies are unregulated whatsoever.
Many of us strike a happy medium, leaving enough wiggle room with reality to spin a good yarn.
As he is walking out the door, the Japanese call him back, capitulate, and a happy medium is agreed on.
DataWind believes it has found both the happy medium, and the perfect testing ground for it.
Despite the criticism, the band has managed to find a happy medium.
But can quality roles and ample compensation reach a happy medium for an actor?
Now he proposes to avoid the two extremes, and to search for an easier course in a happy medium.
Youll have to strike a happy medium as to the time you get here.
She compromised, of course, as people always compromise upon impulses, by a happy medium.
The hostess should preserve the happy medium between neglecting and overattending to her guests.
The third boat was a happy medium between the other two, and went under the name of the Tramp.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from 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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