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Sure, you try to make lemonade. That doesn’t mean it will be a success.
by brennebeck 8y ago
Sure, you try to make lemonade. That doesn’t mean it will be a success.
- canthonytucci 8y agoHave you seen Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back? I've never heard "try to make lemonade" only "make lemonade" In my experience difficult problems can be solved if people keep a good attitude and are invested in making things work, even when success seems unlikely. But sometimes you will fail. I was interested to know what sort of problem space the parent had their bad experience in, and to hear more about how things didn't work out. I don't doubt that there are domains where a "can do attitude" will not cut it.
- brennebeck 8y agoYes, I have. One of my favorites, actually. And definitely nobody says, “try to make lemonade...”. That goes against the saying, I agree. My point was just that even when you take the “when life gives you lemons” approach sometimes you won’t be getting that lemonade after all. As such, I also didn’t think it to be the best phrase for what (I thought) you were trying to convey. I agree with your reply, 100%. Thinking a bit more as I write this, I may be wrong above (in this reply; about the wrong phrase) and it is, in fact, the best idiom. Not sure. But now I’m definitely on the fence, at least (compared to above, where I was on one side of the fence).