Noun
happy medium (plural happy mediums)
(idiomatic) A balanced position between two opposite extremes.
The tone of the paper strikes a happy medium between layman approachability and technical accuracy.
There must be a happy medium somewhere between being totally informed and blissfully unaware. Doug Larson
Intimacy is not a happy medium. It is a way of being in which the tension between distance and closeness is dissolved and a new horizon appears. Intimacy is beyond fear. Henri Nouwen
When people come to write about my period of office, I would be very happy if they say that I made a contribution to finding the happy medium again for the Germans. Helmut Kohl
The way the recession has affected Hollywood, a lot of actors that had robust opportunities before in film no longer have such plum options, so cable has done a good job of becoming a happy medium for artists deemed film actors. Omari Hardwick
Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium. Walt Alston
Try to strike a happy medium. Spanish Proverb