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English
Proverb
when life gives you lemons, make lemonade
- You should always make the best out of difficult situations.
Usage notes
May be intensified by variants that supplement or replace lemonade with lemon tarts and/or lemon meringue pie.
Translations
make the best out of difficult situations
- 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)
- 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
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