To make the best of a bad bargain/to make a virtue of necessity
To extract the good even from a bad situation. To know how to improve a negative condition towards a positive direction.
("And he said to them, "Out of the eater shall come forth meat, and out of the strong shall come forth sweetness; and they were not able to explain the riddle for three days" - Judges One Hand)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הוֹצִיא מָתוֹק מֵעֵז
Definition (Hebrew)
לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַטּוֹב גַּם מִמַּצָּב רַע. לָדַעַת לְנַטֵּב אֶת הַמַּצָּב הַשְּׁלִילִי לַכִּוּוּן הַחִיּוּבִי.
("וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם מֵהָאֹכֵל יָצָא מַאֲכָל וּמֵעַז יָצָא מָתוֹק וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד הַחִידָה שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים"- שׁוֹפְטִים יָד יָד)