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what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts idiomUKsaying(alsoit's swings and roundabouts) said to mean that the positive and negative results of a situation or action balance each other: 有得也有失;有利也有弊;失之东隅,收之桑榆 "The route through town would be shorter, but there'll be more traffic." "Well, it's just swings and roundabouts."“穿过镇子的这条路更近一些,但是车也更多。”“哦,就是有利也有弊。” SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Similar and the same adjacent affinity akin alike allied ballpark be no better than (a) somethingidiom congruent ditto equivalence equivalency equivalent equivalent of something equivalent to something next door non-distinctive not make any differenceidiom of the kindidiom respecter synonymous
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