best of both worlds
Combined optimal benefits
Best of both worlds describes a situation where someone enjoys the advantages of two different things without having to choose between them or suffer either's drawbacks: Working remotely gives me the best of both worlds—city salary, country living.
The phrase often appears when someone finds a way to combine options that usually seem mutually exclusive.
- win-winAdvantageous to both sides
- win-win situationOutcome benefiting all parties
- optimalMost desirable outcome
- advantageFavorable position or circumstance
- combinationJoining of multiple elements
two birds one stone · cake and eat it too · hybrid · silver lining · golden mean · happy medium · bilingualism · integrated · unity in diversity · fusion · work-life balance · middle path · ideal · multiculturalism · cross-cultural identity · complementarity · synthesis · coexistence
best of both worldsworst of both worlds
Combined disadvantages only
no-win situation · double whammy · worst-case scenario · raw deal · disaster
best of both worldssacrifice
Giving up something precious
trade-off · compromise · zero-sum game · either-or · forced choice
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