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Alternative forms

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• if life gives you lemons, make lemonade
• whenever life gives you lemons, make lemonade

Proverb

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when life gives you lemons, make lemonade

1. You should always make the best out of difficult situations.

Usage notes

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May be intensified by variants that supplement or replace lemonade with lemon tarts and/or lemon meringue pie.

Translations

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Abkhaz: aԥсҭазаара алимонқәа анауҭо, алимонад ҟаҵа (apstazaara alimonkʷa anawto, alimonad qʼacʼa) Arabic: اِصْنَعْ شَرَابًا حَلُّوا مِنْ حَامِض لَيْمُون الْحَيَاةِ m (iṣnaʕ šarāban ḥallū min ḥāmiḍ laymūn al-ḥayāti), اِصْنَعِي شَرَابًا حَلُّوا مِنْ حَامِض لَيْمُون الْحَيَاةِ f (iṣnaʕī šarāban ḥallū min ḥāmiḍ laymūn al-ḥayāti) Bulgarian: всяко зло за добро (vsjako zlo za dobro) Chinese: Mandarin: 轉禍為福 / 转祸为福 (zh) (zhuǎnhuòwéifú) Finnish: vastoinkäymiset pitää kääntää voitoksi, vaikeudet on käännettävä voitoksi (idiomatic translation), kun elämä antaa sitruunoita, tee niistä mehua (literal translation) French: quand la vie vous donne des citrons, faites de la citronnade; à la guerre comme à la guerre (fr) German: wenn das Leben dir eine Zitrone gibt, mach Limonade draus; wenn dir das Leben eine Zitrone gibt, mach Limonade draus Hindi: जब भी जीवन में मुश्किलें आएँ तो उनका भी लाभ उठाएँ (jab bhī jīvan mẽ muśkilẽ āẽ to unkā bhī lābh uṭhāẽ) Italian: quando la vita ti dà limoni, prepara una limonata; se la vita ti offre limoni, fai una limonata Japanese: 禍転じて福と為す (ja) (わざわいてんじてふくとなす, wazawai tenjite fuku to nasu), 災い転じて福となす (ja) (わざわいてんじてふくとなす, wazawai tenjite fuku to nasu) Nigerian Pidgin: when life dey show you pepper, use am make pepper soup Polish: gdy życie daje ci cytryny, zrób z nich lemoniadę Portuguese: se a vida lhe der um limão, faça dele uma caipirinha; se a vida lhe der um limão, faça dele uma limonada Spanish: al mal tiempo, buena cara; si la vida te da limones, haz limonada Urdu: جب زندگی دیتا ہے، تو آپ لیمن نیبوڈ بناتے ہیں

See also

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• make a virtue of necessity
• make the best of a bad bargain
• ride with the punches

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