happy medium

A healthy balance between two extremes. It can be difficult for working mothers to find a happy medium between maintaining their careers and caring for their families.

happy medium

The midway point between two extremes. For example, We need to find a happy medium between overdoing the holiday season and ignoring it entirely . This expression, first recorded in 1778, was once known as the golden mean and is based on ancient mathematical principles.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mathilde	ma-TEELD (French), mah:-TIL-də (Dutch)	French, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Danish
Berry	['beri]
Oralie	-	English (Rare)
Yaron	-	Hebrew
Ilya	eel-YAH	Russian
Darejan	-	Georgian