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| English | Russian |
| make someone do the work of two people | драть три шкуры (VLZ_58) |
| make someone do the work of two people | содрать семь шкур (VLZ_58) |
| make the best of | выйти из положения с пользой для себя (He can make the best of any situation. – Он способен выйти из любого положения с пользой для себя. ART Vancouver) |
| make the best of | извлечь пользу для себя из какой-либо ситуации (He can make the best of any situation. – Он способен извлечь пользу для себя из любой ситуации. ART Vancouver) |
| make the best of a bad business | делать хорошую мину при плохой игре (Bobrovska) |
| make the most of | взять всё, что можно от (He concluded by announcing sombrely that the first item on the programme would be a Violin Solo by Miss Eustacia Pulbrook, managing to convey the suggestion that, while he knew as well as we did that Eustacia was going to be about as corny as they come, he advised us to make the most of her, because after that we should have the Kegley-Bassington family at our throats. (P.G. Wodehouse) ART Vancouver) |