make the best of

[make the best of] {v. phr.}

To do something you do not like to do and not complain; accept with good humor.

* /The girl did not like to wash dishes but she made the best of it./

Compare: MAKE A VIRTUE OF NECESSITY.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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