make the best of a bad bargain
make the best of a bad job

I think you've made the best of a bad bargain.

He intends to make the best of a bad bargain.

For this reason, Dave's True Story has chosen to make the best of a bad bargain.

Well, my prayer was answered; she did try to bribe me; and I made the best of a bad bargain and let her.

'What could I have to gain, other than making the best of a bad bargain?'

I determined, therefore, to make the best of a bad bargain, and to bear up manfully against whatever might betide.

Florence's letter advises Mantua to let the young lovers marry, and Mantua decides to make the best of a bad bargain.

My brother Marius was never accepted by the Council; but if there really was no other Alton Heir, they might make the best of a bad bargain and accept him.

We now have to make the best of a bad job.

They were just making the best of a bad job.

It sounds as if we are doing little more than making the best of a bad job.

I couldn't have made the best of a bad job in that way.

There is nothing apparently to be done about it, except to make the best of a bad job.

He has made the best of a bad job, and on that, I might perhaps be permitted to comment.

At least we could make the best of a bad job.'

The museum made the best of a bad job.

There's something ennobling about making the best of a bad job - my mother did.

He was precise and unhappy, determined to make the best of a bad job.

It strikes me that Theresa is making the best of a bad job!

He must have known that he was faced with making the best of a bad job.

My message is not that teachers ought to quit complaining and make the best of a bad job.

But there was nothing he could do about it, except to make the best of a bad job for the three years it would last.

As happens so often in the European Union, we have to make the best of a bad job.

Miss Huntley asked anxiously, and he decided to make the best of a bad job.

You could make the best of a bad job, yes, but the job would always be bad.

Make the best of a bad job and busy yourself doing something that'll keep you out of the firing line.

Perhaps she realized that she couldn't hold on to him, and is making the best of a bad job."

We'd tried to make the best of a bad job, but there was only so many times you could play cards without it losing its thrill.

Alternative reproductive tactics in male eastern gray squirrels: "Making the best of a bad job".

He was silent for a moment then added, 'if nothing else, the past year has taught me how to make the best of a bad job. "

Being optimistic, Neon Hearts felt things would improve however, things worsened and they ended up trying to make the best of a bad job.

But he was trying to be courteous and making the best of a bad job for he went on, "We'll need all the assistance we can get.

The Netherlands didn't 'veto' it because they are saddled with the Euro and have to make the best of a bad job.