Happy Medium

HAPPY MEDIUM

Welcome to English in a Minute!

So you know what happy is .

And medium comes between smill and large .

TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM

So is this idiom about feeling kind of happy ? How is it going with your neighbor?

Is he still complainig about your playing the trombone at night?

He was. But it’s fine now.

How did you guys work it out?

Well . I agreed to not play ofter 10pm .

And he agreed to not bang on the walls.

Sounds like you guys found a happy medium . A happy medium maens a compromise

or a situation that is acceptable to both sides .

You meet in the middle and it makes both sides happy .

We often say ‘‘to find a happy medium .

And that’s English in a Minute.