make the best of a bad job

Prov. to try to salvage something from a ruined situation. When the dry cleaners ruined Mrs. Anderson's coat, they made the best of a bad job by offering to buy her another one.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Piloqutinnguaq	-	Native American, Greenlandic
PranciŠKus	-	Lithuanian
Eli (3)	-	Spanish, Norwegian, Danish
Bastien	bas-TYAWN	French
Antoinette	[.æntwa:'net]
Adi (2)	-	Indonesian