Idiom
happy medium
Meaning
A balanced position between two opposite extremes.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We need to find a happy medium for our weekend plans.”
“The team struggled to agree on the budget, but eventually they found a happy medium that satisfied everyone.”
“In designing the new policy, the committee sought a happy medium between strict corporate oversight and the creative freedom required by the staff.”
Examples
simple
“We need to find a happy medium for our weekend plans.”
contextual
“The team struggled to agree on the budget, but eventually they found a happy medium that satisfied everyone.”
complex
“In designing the new policy, the committee sought a happy medium between strict corporate oversight and the creative freedom required by the staff.”
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