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See: STRIKE A HAPPY MEDIUM.

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strike a happy medium

[strike a happy medium] {v. phr.} To find an answer to a problem that is halfway between two unsatisfactory answers. * /Mary said the dress was blue. Jane said it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

happy

[happy] See: [STRIKE A HAPPY MEDIUM], [TRIGGER HAPPY] at [QUICK ON THE TRIGGER]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

what have you

[what have you] or [what not] {n. phr.}, {informal} Whatever you like or want; anything else like that. * /The store sells big ones, small ones, medium ones, or what […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

name of the game

[name of the game] {n.}, {informal} The crux of the matter; that which actually occurs under the disguise of something else. * /Getting medium income families to support the rest […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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(1905-1978) U.S. poet Not reading poetry amounts to a national pastime here.