| 单词 | to make the best of a bad job |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make the best of a bad job P6. to make the best of a bad job: to do the best one can in unfortunate or difficult circumstances. Cf. sense 5. ΚΠ 1821 ‘Christophilus’ Vindiciae Britannicae iv. 76 You cannot be the dupe of a craft, which after failing to strangle an infant in its birth, merely adopts it, ‘to make the best of a bad job’. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 95 Accustomed to take things as they came, and to make the best of a bad job. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge II. xxvii. 281 She would make the best of a bad job. 1923 Spectator 9 June 972/2 The novel ends, therefore, with Derek making the best of a bad job. 1950 T. S. Eliot Cocktail Party ii. 111 Edward: Lavinia, we must make the best of a bad job. That is what he means. Reilly:..The best of a bad job is all any of us make of it. 2000 Saga Mag. Feb. 85/1 No effort was spared to make the best of a bad job..and after its unfortunate prelude, the rest of the visit went swimmingly. < as lemmas |
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