5
good periods and bad periods(american, expression, mixture, fortune)
5
hills and valleys(american, expression, idiom, mixture, fortune)
5
ups and down(slang, expression, idiom, life, fortune)
4
peaks and valleys(noun, expression, idiom, change, informal)
4
flux and reflux(expression, idiom, life, fortune, lifecourse)
4
good and bad things(expression, change, instability)
3
alternating periods of good and bad fortune(british, expression, mixture, fortune)
3
aye and nay(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
benefits and burdens(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
benefits and hindrances(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
benefits and implications(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
benefits and pitfalls(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
high and low spirits(british, expression, mixture, fortune)
3
merits and demerits(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
merits and flaws(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
strengths and shortcomings(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
3
virtues and shortcomings(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
2
feast and famine(expression, idiom, change, instability, fluctuation)
2
praiseworthy aspects and shortcomings(noun, expression, idiom, hand, assessment)
2
changes(noun, fortune, instability, transmutation)
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