make lemonade en · VERB
Etymology
From when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.
Meanings
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To make the best of a difficult situation.
... left to its own devices, the Church made lemonade by taking out ads in the Playbill.
2021, Religion Dispatches:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, lemonade.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| made lemonade | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| made lemonade | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| making lemonade | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| makes lemonade | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |