“Take the rough with the smooth”
Daily lifeDefinición
Aceptar las experiencias desagradables junto con las agradables.
English: To accept unpleasant experiences along with pleasant ones.
Ejemplos
Ejemplos
1 / 2“Running a small business means taking the rough with the smooth.”
Dirigir una pequeña empresa implica aceptar tanto las malas como las buenas experiencias.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
Running a small business means taking the rough with the smooth.Compare with the original example
Running a small business means taking the rough with the smooth.
Dirigir una pequeña empresa implica aceptar tanto las malas como las buenas experiencias.
Write a two-line conversation using “Take the rough with the smooth”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryPreguntas frecuentes
- What does "Take the rough with the smooth" mean?
- "Take the rough with the smooth" means aceptar las experiencias desagradables junto con las agradables.
- How do you use "Take the rough with the smooth" in a sentence?
- Example: "Running a small business means taking the rough with the smooth."
- Should I interpret "Take the rough with the smooth" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.