coaster

be on a roller coaster

To be experiencing swift and sudden changes in both positive and negative directions. Likened to the tumultuous movements of a roller coaster at an amusement park. My bank account is on a roller coaster these days. As soon as I get paid, I have to pay all these medical bills. Her life was a roller coaster after she graduated from college, filled with ups and downs as she tried to establish herself as a fashion designer. The president's approval rating has been on a roller coaster ever since details of the scandal began to emerge.

See also: coaster, on, roller

be on an emotional roller coaster

To be experiencing swift and sudden changes in one's mood or feelings, similar to the movement of a roller coaster at an amusement park. I'm on an emotional roller coaster watching this movie—one minute, I'm laughing, then the next I'm crying! Before my mood disorder was diagnosed, I felt like I was constantly on an emotional roller coaster. Yeah, you're definitely on an emotional roller coaster when you're traded multiple times in one season.

See also: an, coaster, emotional, on, roller

on a roller coaster (ride)

Experiencing swift and sudden changes in both positive and negative directions. Likened to the tumultuous movements of a roller coaster at an amusement park. The unraveling scandal has put the president's approval rating on a real roller coaster. My bank account is like a roller coaster these days. As soon as I get paid, I have to pay all these medical bills. Her life went on a roller coaster ride after she graduated from college, filled with ups and downs as she tried to establish herself as a fashion designer.

See also: coaster, on, roller

on an emotional roller coaster

Experiencing swift and sudden changes in one's mood or feelings, similar to the movement of a roller coaster at an amusement park. This movie has me on an emotional roller coaster—one minute, I'm laughing, then the next I'm crying! Before my mood disorder was diagnosed, I felt like I was constantly on an emotional roller coaster.

See also: an, coaster, emotional, on, roller

roller coaster

A series or period of drastic changes that occur without warning. After she graduated from college, her life turned into a roller coaster filled with ups and downs as she tried to establish herself as a fashion designer.

See also: coaster, roller

roller-coaster ride

A series or period of drastic changes that occur without warning. After she graduated from college, her life became a roller-coaster ride filled with ups and downs as she tried to establish herself as a fashion designer.

See also: ride

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a roller-coaster ride

If you describe an experience as a roller-coaster ride, you mean that parts of it were very good and parts of it were very bad. Markets on both sides of the Atlantic have had a roller coaster ride over the past five days. The past week was an emotional roller-coaster ride for these people.

See also: ride

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a roller-coaster ride

an experience in which circumstances change rapidly and in a volatile manner from one extreme to another.

2004 BBC News: Business Shares have been on a rollercoaster ride, with US shares plunging and then recovering twice over.

See also: ride

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coaster

n. someone who lives near the ocean on the coast. (California.) Tiffany is a coaster now, but she was born, like, somewhere else.

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