happy mediumnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌhæp.i ˈmiː.di.əm/us/ˌhæp.i ˈmiː.di.əm/approvinga state or way of doing something that avoids being extreme, often combining the best of two opposite states or ways of doing something:
I try to strike a (= achieve a) happy medium when I'm on holiday, and spend half my time doing things and the other half just relaxing.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Averages
- average
- average out
- average out at sth
- law
- mean
- median
- medium
- middle
- par
- the law of averages idiom