strike a balance
Achieve a middle
To strike a balance is to find a middle ground between competing demands or extremes: She struck a balance between work and family life.
The phrase implies deliberate compromise—giving adequate weight to different considerations without letting any one dominate.
The new policy strikes a balance between security and privacy.
- trade-offExchange requiring sacrifice
- give and takeMutual concession between parties
- middle groundPosition between extremes
- find common groundIdentify shared perspectives
- tightropeTaut cord for walking
walk the line · fine line · equilibrium · harmony · golden mean · calibrate · compromise · meet halfway · adjustment · split the difference · best of both worlds · mediation · equipoise · fair shake · reconciliation · juggling act · prioritization · moderation
- harmony phrasesin sync, in tune, on the same page, see eye to eye, hand in hand
strike a balancego overboard
Act with excessive enthusiasm
go all in · double down · go whole hog · put all one's eggs in one basket · overcommit
strike a balancethrow caution to the wind
Act recklessly, disregarding consequences
rush in · damn the torpedoes · wing it · fly by the seat of one's pants
strike a balancetip the scales
Become the deciding factor
skew · destabilize · overweight · underweight
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