Usually means: Gains and losses balance out.
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  1. swings and roundabouts: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. swings and roundabouts: Merriam-Webster
  3. swings and roundabouts: Collins English Dictionary
  4. swings and roundabouts: Wiktionary
  5. Swings and Roundabouts: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (swings and roundabouts)

noun:  (UK, Ireland, Australia) Gains and losses that offset each other.

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