make the best of a bad job



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.
See also: bad, job, make, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mahomet-Arabic (Anglicized)
Shihab-Arabic
Ballin['bælin]
Bernat-Catalan
Annalisa-Italian
Josefaho-SE-fah (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese, Czech