what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

English

Alternative forms

• what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts

Proverb

what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

1. (UK) There are both gains and losses in life; you win some, you lose some.

Related terms

• swings and roundabouts

Translations

there are both gains and losses in life

• Hungarian: amit nyer a réven, elveszti a vámon
• Spanish: lo comido por lo servido

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• what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts