make shift

old-fashioned To cope or manage to do something without all the resources that one would ideally like to have. Often followed by "with" or "without," depending on the context of the sentence. We don't have all the spices we need for this recipe, but we can make shift with what we have. Since I forgot to pick up milk on the way home, I guess we're just going to have to make shift without it. When I was growing up, we didn't have a lot of money, but we made shift.

make shift

do what you want to do in spite of not having ideal conditions; get along somehow.

词组	make shift
释义	make shift make shift old-fashioned To cope or manage to do something without all the resources that one would ideally like to have. Often followed by "with" or "without," depending on the context of the sentence. We don't have all the spices we need for this recipe, but we can make shift with what we have. Since I forgot to pick up milk on the way home, I guess we're just going to have to make shift without it. When I was growing up, we didn't have a lot of money, but we made shift. See also: make, shift Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. make shift do what you want to do in spite of not having ideal conditions; get along somehow. See also: make, shift Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: make do without a second thought go without pig in a poke a pig in a poke live without leave (one) to (one's) own devices leave one to own devices leave someone to their own devices leave to someone's own devices References in classic literature Seeming wise men may make shift to get opinion; but let no man choose them for employment; for certainly you were better take for business, a man somewhat absurd, than over-formal. The Essays To celebrate the launch of 'Make SHIFT Crewe' a mobile digital laboratory will be outside Crewe Library today. Go digital during half term; To celebrate the launch of 'Make SHIFT Crewe' a mobile digital laboratory will be outside Crewe Library today During the long eighteenth century, working women in Essex struggled mightily to "make shift," as the author puts it. Adapting to Capitalism: Working Women in the English Economy, 1700-1850
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