make a virtue of necessity

[make a virtue of necessity] {v. phr.}

Make the best of things as they are; do cheerfully what you do.

* /After Mr. Wilson lost all his money, he made a virtue of necessity and found a new and interesting life as a teacher./

Compare: MAKE THE BEST OF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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