happy medium

English

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Noun

happy medium (plural happy mediums)

1. (idiomatic) A balanced position between two opposite extremes.

   The tone of the paper strikes a happy medium between layman approachability and technical accuracy.

Translations

balanced position

• Finnish: kultainen keskitie
• French: juste milieu (fr)
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• Mandarin: 折衷办法, 中庸之道 (zh) (zhōngyōng zhī dào)
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• Portuguese: meio-termo m
• Russian: золота́я середи́на (zolotája seredína)
• Spanish: término medio m
• Swedish: gyllene medelväg c
• Ukrainian: золота́ середи́на f (zolotá seredýna)