roller coaster
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈroʊlər ˈkoʊstər/
- Informal
:
montaña rusa
- Throughout that period, the economic climate has been unstable and the stock market has resembled a roller coaster ride.
- life is a roller coaster
What an emotional roller coaster this video has been.
- What an emotional roller coaster this video has been.
- And as John Green also said, I'm on a roller coaster that only goes up going from there.
- What is your advice as we all ride the roller coaster as moms, We don't get a pamphlet.
- And then in turn, being on a glucose roller coaster, it also makes your sleep that night worse.
- And it's just been a roller coaster.
- So a Bitcoin price has gone through quite a roller coaster.
- And that's a very good skill to have when going through this crazy roller coaster of life.
- I agree because I will go an emotional roller coaster but I'm just a bit.
- For me, a roller coaster of satisfaction.
- Are you seeing withdrawals from ETFs by seeing big roller coaster dumping sell offs into the close?
- But because this roller coaster takes a toll on you, they really don't care.
Examples
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This is an ever changing roller coaster of emotions.
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And whoa, what a roller coaster weekend it has been for some teams.
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Those few days were like one big roller coaster ride.
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What an emotional roller coaster this video has been.
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Today has been like a roller coaster of emotions.
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It was a huge roller-coaster of an experience.
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Other families described their life as a roller coaster, and some noted increased stress, frustration, and heavy time commitments.
Academic text (2001) -
By many indications, Brazil's return to democratic rule has been a rough roller coaster ride.
Academic text (2005) -
This week has felt like a roller coaster due to all the unexpected news we've received.
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Her career has been a roller coaster of highs and lows, making each day unpredictable.
Synonyms
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2.0
A machine at an amusement park that people sit on for fun
15
3.6
An exciting, fast attraction at an amusement park like a roller coaster
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3.5
A situation with many sudden highs and lows in feelings
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4.0
An experience with many sudden ups and downs in feelings or events
A situation with many sudden big changes in feelings and events
A rapid, confused swirl of activity and strong feelings
Antonyms
How Variable
Surface Forms
Morphology
roller + coaster
The figurative sense 'a situation of sudden or extreme changes' relies on the image of the amusement-park ride and is not transparently built from 'roller' (a cylinder) + 'coaster' (unclear or unrelated to the metaphor). Because the constituents do not compose predictably into the intended meaning and many languages use different terms for the ride, a B1 learner who only knows the parts would likely not infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Roller coaster is used for a situation with sudden changes because the real ride has quick highs and lows. That's why people call a job, relationship, or market a 'roller coaster' when it goes through fast ups and downs.