put a good face on (something)

To act as though a particular situation is not as undesirable or grim as it really is. Although my mother tried to put a good face on her medical situation, I knew that her health was rapidly deteriorating. They tried to put a good face on their break-up, but we all knew that they had been fighting with each other for weeks.

词组	put a good face on (something)
释义	put a good face on (something) put a good face on (something) To act as though a particular situation is not as undesirable or grim as it really is. Although my mother tried to put a good face on her medical situation, I knew that her health was rapidly deteriorating. They tried to put a good face on their break-up, but we all knew that they had been fighting with each other for weeks. See also: face, good, on, put Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. See also: reality of the situation get down to the facts if I was/were in your place if I were in your place do the business be (not) out of the woods take (something) by the throat come into play if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen hairy situation
随便看	enlist for enlist for (something) enlist in enlist in (something) en masse enmesh enmesh in enmesh in (something) enough Enough already! Enough, already! enough and some to spare enough and to spare enough (food) to feed Coxey's Army enough foolishness enough is a feast enough is as good as a feast enough is enough enough is too much enough rope, give someone enough rope, to give (someone) enough said enough/something to be going on with enough (something) to choke Caligula's horse enough (something) to cobble dogs with