Peaks and valleys

High and low points in our lives
Peaks and valleys refer to the high and low points in our lives. Peaks represent moments of success, achievement, and happiness, while valleys represent setbacks, failures, and emotional struggles. The expression can also be used metaphorically to describe fluctuations in other contexts, such as stock prices or brain activity.

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ups and downs

ups and downs
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If someone or something experiences ups and downs, a mixture of good and bad things happens to him, her, or it:
Like most married couples we've had our ups and downs, but life's like that.
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(Definition of ups and downs from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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ups and downs
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good and bad things that happen to someone or something during a period:
the ups and downs of marriage
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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.