If life gives you lemons make lemonade?

Answer 1

Actually, the saying is originally attributed to Elbert Hubbard:

"A genius is a man who takes the lemons that Fate hands him and starts a lemonade stand with them."

(Reader's Digest, October 1927)

However, the saying is usually credited to Dale Carnegie, who published it as:

"When fate hands us a lemon let's try to make a lemonade."

(Rule #6, at the end of Chapter 17 in Carnegie's "How to Stop Worrying and Start Living" published in 1948)

Answer 2

This expression means to make the best of a difficult situation or to turn something negative into something positive. It encourages resilience and optimism in the face of challenges. Lemonade can symbolize making the best out of a bad situation and finding a way to create something good from it.

Answer 3

if life gives you lemons, say eff the lemons and BAIL.