ALL meanings of happy medium
hap·py me·di·um
H h - noun happy medium a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold. 1
- noun happy medium a satisfactory compromise between two things that are related in such a way that one increases as the other decreases: We need to find a happy medium between conserving land and developing property. 1
- noun happy medium compromise 1
- phrase happy medium If you strike or find a happy medium between two extreme and opposite courses of action, you find a sensible way of behaving that is somewhere between the two extremes. 0
- noun happy medium a course or state that avoids extremes 0