ups and downs
/ˈʌps ən ˈdaʊnz/ · ups·and·downs
noun
- Periods of positive and negative events, moods, or interactions; highs and lows. He weathered the ups and downs of his career with remarkable resilience.
Synonyms
vicissitudeshighs and lowsfluctuationspeaks and valleysebb and flowroller coasterrise and fallvariability
Antonyms
Did you know? The phrase gained popular literary traction after Mark Twain used it in an 1885 essay, and it later became the title of a 1970s TV sitcom that explored marital life.