make lemonade

English

Etymology

From when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.

Verb

make lemonade (third-person singular simple present makes lemonade, present participle making lemonade, simple past and past participle made lemonade)

  1. To make the best of a difficult situation.
    • 2021, Religion Dispatches:
      ... left to its own devices, the Church made lemonade by taking out ads in the Playbill.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make,‎ lemonade.
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