make a virtue of necessity

Verb

 * 1)  To make the best of a difficult situation; to recast or portray an action or situation in which one has no alternatives as an action or situation which was deliberately chosen on its merits.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Dutch: van de nood een deugd maken
 * German: aus der Not eine Tugend machen
 * Greek: κάνω την ανάγκη φιλοτιμία
 * Hungarian: a maga javára fordítja
 * Italian: fare di necessità virtù
 * Spanish: hacer de la necesidad virtud