British & Australian, British & Australian

something that you say to describe a situation in which there are as many advantages as there are problems.

If you make more money, you have to pay more tax, so what we gain on the swings, we lose on the roundabouts.

It's swings and roundabouts, really. If you save money by buying a house out of town, you pay more to travel to work.

• no doubt about it
• nod's as good as a wink.
• no end
• no end in sight
• no end in sight to
• no end in sight to something
• no end of
• no end of something
• no expense is spared
• no expense spared
• No fear!
• no good
• no great shakes
• no hard and fast rules
• no hard feelings
• no harm, no foul
• no holds barred
• no-holds-barred
• no ifs and buts
• no ifs, ands, or buts
• no joke
• no kidding
• no laughing matter
• no less
• no less than