make the best of a bad job

make the best of a bad job (third-person singular simple present makes the best of a bad job, present participle making the best of a bad job, simple past and past participle made the best of a bad job)

1. (UK, informal) To accept an unfortunate or unpleasant situation and do the best one can.

• give something up as a bad job
• make the best of a bad bargain
• make the best of
• make a virtue of necessity

• “make the best of a bad job” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “make the best of a bad job”, in Collins English Dictionary.