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what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts proverb: there are both gains and losses in life; you win some, you lose some.

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.

Forms of what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

alternative formwhat you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts

Questions about what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

What does what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts mean?
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts means there are both gains and losses in life; you win some, you lose some.
What part of speech is what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts?
What you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts is a proverb.

Words near what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts in the dictionary

  1. what with
  2. what would Jesus do
  3. what would you like
  4. what you don't know can't hurt you
  5. what you gain on the swings you lose on the roundabouts
  6. what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
  7. what you on with
  8. what you saying
  9. what you see is what you get
  10. what'cha
  11. what'choo

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