Alternative form of let the grass grow under one's feet

Alternative form of what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts

(UK) There are both gains and losses in life; you win some, you lose some.

go off on; raise hell at

To place one's bets in such a way as not to lose in any event.

To create a disturbance.

(ice hockey) To play in one's assigned position rather than straying to where the current action is.

Taken all together; taken on the average.

(transitive) To offer (praise, flattery, etc.) in an unsubtle and excessive way.

(Scotland) To get what one deserves. [18th–19th c.]