the ebb and flow

the way in which the level of something frequently becomes higher or lower in a situation (often + of ) The government did nothing about the recession, hoping it was just part of the ebb and flow of the economy.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Astarte	əs-TAHR-tee (English)	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Celio	CHE-lyo (Italian), THE-lyo (Spanish), SE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), SE-lyoo (Portuguese)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Philipa	-	English (Rare)
Agathon	-	Ancient Greek
Theophilus	thee-AHF-ə-ləs (English)	Biblical, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Stav	-	Hebrew