Meaning of swings and roundabouts | Babel Free

Definitions

Gains and losses that offset each other.

Australia, Ireland, UK, plural, plural-only

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level