swings and roundabouts

English

swings and roundabouts pl (plural only)

(Britain, Ireland) Gains and losses that offset each other.
If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so it's all swings and roundabouts really.
Whether we pick up Mary first and then John or John first and then Mary is a matter of swings and roundabouts.

单词	swings and roundabouts
释义	swings and roundabouts English Noun swings and roundabouts pl (plural only) (Britain, Ireland) Gains and losses that offset each other. If, in order to save money, you never buy a parking ticket, you are more likely to get fined, so it's all swings and roundabouts* really.* Whether we pick up Mary first and then John or John first and then Mary is a matter of swings and roundabouts. Related terms what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts See also snakes and ladders
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