Take the Bitter with the Sweet

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Take the Bitter with the Sweet

Accepting bad things along with the good ones

Etymology:

Geoffrey Chaucer was a famous poet of 14th century who used this particular expression in his poem and after that, many other writers also used this expression. Sweet is related to something good, whereas bitter means something bad.

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Taking the bitter with the sweet is certainly a significant lesson of life because one may not be able to get desirable outcomes every time.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

Additional definitions for 'Take the Bitter with the Sweet':

take the bitter with the sweet	To accept positive things with negative things.

take the bitter with the sweet

To accept positive things with negative things.

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toma lo amargo con lo dulce

prends l'amer avec le sucré

prendi l'amaro con il dolce

苦与甜

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Take the Bitter with the Sweet

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