make the best of it

Idioms  

1. Also, make the best of a bad bargain. Adapt as well as possible to a bad situation, bad luck, or similar circumstances, as in Jeff ended up in a cabin without his friends, but decided to make the best of it, or She got the worst possible position, but Dad told her to make the best of a bad bargain. The first term dates from the first half of the 1600s. The second appeared in John Ray's proverb collection of 1670 and coexisted for a time with variants such as make the best of a bad game and make the best of a bad market, which have died out.

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Example Sentences

But, he adds, the thinking was that "since he'll be here, let's make the best of it" and Asian leaders would have leveraged on his attendance to "broaden his aperture about the convergence of interests between US and Asia".

From BBC

Others are prepared to make the best of it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The couples decide to make the best of it and stay, promising to rock-paper-scissors for the house if anything gets “weird.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s weird. You turn the corner on the drive up here and you think it’s going to be the same and you’re just hit again and again with the fact that this is never really going to be the same, so you make the best of it,” the 49-year-old said.

From Los Angeles Times

"It shouldn't be happening, but it is where we are, and we've just got to make the best of it," she said.

From BBC