take the rough with the smooth

Verb

Meaning

take the rough with the smooth (third-person singular simple present takes the rough with the smooth, present participle taking the rough with the smooth, simple past took the rough with the smooth, past participle taken the rough with the smooth)

(chiefly UK, figuratively) To accept both the positive and negative elements in a situation.
Synonym: take the bitter with the sweet

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is. Luke Evans

Close letter words and terms

take the risk take the road take the role of take the salute take the shadow for the substance take the shilling