ups and downs
noun
• a succession of both good and bad experiences.
• "I have my ups and downs"
Similar:
vicissitudes,
uncertainties,
inconstancy,
instability,
unpredictability,
chanciness,
fickleness,
variability,
changeability,
fluctuation,
vacillation,
alteration,
changes,
reversal,
reverse,
downturn,
up and down
• to and fro.
• "she paced up and down in front of her desk"
• in various places throughout.
• "they played in clubs up and down the country"
• in varying states or moods; changeable.
• "my relationship with her was up and down"