make the best of a bad bargain

English

Verb

make the best of a bad bargain (third-person singular simple present makes the best of a bad bargain, present participle making the best of a bad bargain, simple past and past participle made the best of a bad bargain)

1. To do as well as one can when faced with difficult circumstances.

See also

• make the best of a bad job
• make a virtue of necessity