Strike A Happy Medium Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Strike A Happy Medium Idiom mean?

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strike a happy medium What does strike a happy medium mean?	to find a compromise position	The manager always tries to strike a happy medium between being professional and being friendly to the staff.
strike a happy medium What does strike a happy medium mean?	to find a compromise position	The manager always tries to strike a happy medium between being professional and being friendly to the staff.
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from day to day What does "from day to day" mean?	one day at a time	We did not know from day to day if the weather would be good enough for the birthday picnic.

cheer on (someone) or cheer (someone) on What does "cheer on (someone) or cheer (someone) on " mean?	to encourage someone who is trying to do something	Everybody came to the stadium to cheer on the home team.
jam on the brakes What does "jam on the brakes " mean?	quickly put the brakes on in a car to stop	He jammed on the brakes and was able to avoid hitting the child.
rake in the money What does "rake in the money" mean?	to make a lot of money	We have been raking in the money at our restaurant since it opened.
in stock What does "in stock" mean?	in supply and available to buy / sell.	"I'm sorry, but we just sold our last pair of hikingboots. If you come backat the end of the week, however, we should have some more instock.
gun for (someone) What does "gun for (someone)" mean?	to look hard for a chance to harm or defeat someone	My supervisor has been gunning for me for a long time and I do not know why.
to the tune of (an amount of money) What does "to the tune of (an amount of money)" mean?	to the amount or extent of an amount of money	The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of about $2000.

turn down (someone or something) What does "turn down (someone or something)" mean?	to refuse to accept someone or something, to reject someone or something	The union turned down the offer of more money from the company.
bleep (something) out What does "bleep (something) out" mean?	to replace a word in a radio or television broadcast with a musical tone (often used to bleep out a bad word)	The remarks of the coach were bleeped out during the television interview.
dawn on (someone) What does "dawn on (someone)" mean?	to become clear or occur to someone	It finally dawned on me why my friend was angry.
twist (someone`s) arm What does "twist (someone`s) arm" mean?	to force someone to do something, to threaten someone to make him or her do something	I had to twist my friend's arm so that he would let me use his car.
get an eyeful (of someone or something) What does "get an eyeful (of someone or something)" mean?	to see everything, to see a shocking or surprising sight	We really got an eyeful when we saw the accident on the highway.
zonked What does "zonked" mean?	drunk; intoxicated	He was so zonked after the night of partying that we couldn't let him drive.

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Strike A Happy Medium Idiom