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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Meaning: Make the best of a bad situation.

Origin: Early 20th century American optimism, popularized during the Great Depression as encouragement to remain positive during hardship.

Translations

  • French: Il faut faire de nécessité vertu (literally: One must make virtue of necessity)
  • Spanish: Al mal tiempo, buena cara (literally: To bad weather, good face)
  • Japanese: 災い転じて福となす (Wazawai tenjite fuku to nasu) (literally: Turn disaster into fortune)

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