take the bad with the good
To accept unpleasant things along with pleasant ones
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Main Entry: ↑bad
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take the bad with the good phrase
to accept that bad things happen and not complain about them
Thesaurus: to be patient, and to not complain too muchsynonym
Main entry: bad
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take the ˌbad with the ˈgood idiom
to accept the bad aspects of sth as well as the good ones
Useful english dictionary. 2012.