keep things in proportion

: to retain in one's possession or power

: to refrain from granting, giving, or allowing

: to have in control

: the means or provisions by which one is kept

: one that keeps or protects: such as

: fortress, castle

: an object or entity not precisely designated or capable of being designated

: an inanimate object distinguished from a living being

: a separate and distinct individual quality, fact, idea, or usually entity

: harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole : balance, symmetry

: proper or equal share

: quota, percentage

: to adjust (a part or thing) in size relative to other parts or things

: to make the parts of harmonious or symmetrical

: apportion, allot