He's trying to keep his work life and his family life 'in balance'. = He's trying to keep his work life 'in balance with' his family life. [=he's trying to give a proper of amount of time and attention to both his work life and his family life]
The discount 'balances out' the shipping charge. = The discount and the shipping charge 'balance' each other 'out'. [=the shipping charge and the discount together equal zero]
He needs to achieve/create/strike a better 'balance' between his work life and his family life. [=he needs to spend less time at work and more time with his family]
(..) I'm sorry. Everybody, this is Jack Silva. It's our third contract together, so he knows the drill. We met training SEALs at Coronado. How do you get them to balance that beach ball on their nose? It's tough. So we got three ex-Marines here and one ex-Army retard who likes to rub (..)2016 13 Hours