take the bitter with the sweet

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Verb

take the bitter with the sweet (third-person singular simple present takes the bitter with the sweet, present participle taking the bitter with the sweet, simple past took the bitter with the sweet, past participle taken the bitter with the sweet)

  1. (idiomatic) To accept positive things with negative things.
    Synonym: take the rough with the smooth
    Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us a year to pay it back in.
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