make the best of a bad situation

to do as well as possible under conditions that are not satisfactory The only way to survive being jailed is to make the best of a bad situation.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dafydd	-	Welsh
Arjuna	-	Hinduism
Brain	[brein]
KÁJa	-	Czech
Yaroslav	yah-rah-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic
Raiden	-	Far Eastern Mythology