ups and downs

Meaning

1. Oxford86% of films

   the mixture of good and bad things in life or in a particular situation or relationship

   and, you know, there's ups and downs. [chuckles] We like each other, so we stay together."

   You've been there through all their ups and downs.

In the movies · 7

• You've been there through all their ups and downs.Toy Story 42019
• With nothing but a stack of receipts I can trace the ups and downs of your livesEverything Everywhere All at Once2022
• and, you know, there's ups and downs. [chuckles] We like each other, so we stay together."Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017
• And lefts. Ups and downs and middles.The Insider1999
• Of course, we've had our ups and downs.Notes on a Scandal2006
• "Life is full of its ups and downs.Breach2007
• We'd had our ups and downs, sure. But what great couple doesn't?The Spectacular Now2013
• Okay. Lots of ups and downs coming up, but I can't... I can't see a trail anywhere.Arthur the King2024

Learn it in full scenes

• Toy Story 42019
  • Woody Rescues the Lost Toy
  • Bo Peep Is Given Away
  • Woody Worries About Bonnie
• Breach2007
  • Eric Is Assigned to Watch Hanssen
  • Kate Recruits Eric to Spy on Hanssen
  • Hanssen Interrogates His New Assistant
• Arthur the King2024
  • Michael's Team Fights the Tide
  • Michael Hustles for a Comeback
  • Michael Pitches for the Dominican Race

From the same entry

• be up to
• not be up to much
• up against
• up and down
• up and running
• up before
• up for
• up there
• up to
• up and down
• up yours
• up sticks

More idioms

• by far
• in over your head
• i bet
• a step at a time
• feel sick
• the good old days
• day after day
• have your hands full
• for nothing
• any luck
• speak your mind
• in face