- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die of something idiom
- be a martyr to something idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- bear
- count
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- hit someone where they live idiom
- hold on idiom
- horse
- ride
- seat-of-the-pants
- see life idiom
- stricken
- suffer the consequences
- taste
Meaning of ups and downs in English
ups and downs | American Dictionary
ups and downs
plural noun
us/ˈʌps ən ˈdɑʊnz/the ups and downs of marriage
Examples of ups and downs
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Over the years this substance has had its psychological ups and downs.
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For the wounded actor, these ups and downs have the quality of a diabolical roller-coaster: highs of inflated grandiosity followed by lows of deep depression.
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Also, the essays themselves have ups and downs.
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The activities of such spokesmen kept the expedition alive for their audience and for the scientific community despite their ups and downs.
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There were commonly many transitory ups and downs during the main support phase before the transition to the escalation or institutional phases.
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The 'neumatic' notation shows the ups and downs of the melody, but not how far up or down the singer should go.
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Although only the most sophisticated evaluate and forecast the economy with precision, nearly all individuals should notice economic ups and downs.
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We all tidy up music history too quickly and like to smooth out its ups and downs.
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Using the same procedure on a flat piece, the 'basic idea' would only come out as 'lots of random ups and downs'.
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Post-conflict democratisation is a process with many ups and downs.
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If anyone knew about life's ups and downs, he certainly did, and a roller-coaster was an apt metaphor for his life and work.
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Suggesting that unemployment developments only follow economic ups and downs, and the resulting variations in the demand for labour, would be to judge on the basis of an incomplete picture.
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It is reassuring, however, that although linguistic terminology may have its ups and downs, language itself continues as a topic of interest for scholars and amateurs alike.
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There are ups and downs and disagreements.
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Excepting that women now participate in work almost as much as men, and despite some minor ups and downs, the demand for labour has dramatically dropped over time.
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