swings and roundabouts
US /swɪŋz ænd ˈraʊndəˌbaʊts/
・UK /swɪŋz ænd ˈraundəbaʊts/
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idm.A situation with both advantages and disadvantages that balance out.
Buying a car is swings and roundabouts – sometimes expensive, sometimes cheap.
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How To Speak British Anglophenia Ep 7
- Swings and roundabouts.
Swings and roundabouts.
- So swings and roundabouts always end up in the same place eventually, so you don't have to worry about where they are right now.
So swings and roundabouts always end up in the same place eventually, so you don't have to worry about where they are right now.
North Korea's International Restaurant Chain
- While North Korea turned out pretty different--it does have the world's largest stadium but also the title of most corrupt and least democratic state, so you know, swings and roundabouts.
While North Korea turned out pretty different--it does have the world's largest stadium but also the title of most corrupt and least democratic state, so you know, swings and roundabouts.
- So, you know, swings and roundabouts.
So, you know, swings and roundabouts.
Conversation between JK Rowling and Steve Kloves (2011)
- So it swings and roundabouts.
So it swings and roundabouts.