“Take the rough with the smooth”
Daily lifeDéfinition
Accepter les expériences désagréables autant que les agréables.
English: To accept unpleasant experiences along with pleasant ones.
Exemples
Exemples
1 / 2“Running a small business means taking the rough with the smooth.”
Gérer une petite entreprise, c'est accepter aussi bien les mauvaises expériences que les bonnes.
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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.
Gérer une petite entreprise, c'est accepter aussi bien les mauvaises expériences que les bonnes.
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?
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- What does "Take the rough with the smooth" mean?
- "Take the rough with the smooth" means accepter les expériences désagréables autant que les agréables.
- 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.