APAD: what can't be cured must be endured

There is a famous idiom in English that says: What can't be cured must be endured

    ― Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy

 If you cannot do anything about a problem, you will have to live with it.

 One must simply learn to live with that which one is not able to resolve or improve. A: "I'm just really sick of working in this job, but there are just no other suitable job prospects in this part of the country." B: "Well, then, it sounds like you need to just suck it up. What can't be cured must be endured."

 

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• Indeed -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 05:22:49

• 不能改变环境就去适应环境。 -方外居士- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 06:40:16

• Analogous in meaning, different attitude, this 1 is passive, -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 07:24:11

• accept, 适应sounds active -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 07:24:44

• A rhymed proverb again！That is true -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 08:53:50

• Enduring is what some do best :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 09:07:28

• endure~=suffer, need 2b stoicAsMaowi, leave isAnotherOption -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 09:23:18

• Could it be endure >>> suffer? :-) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 10:54:38

• If and only if sensibility >>> sensitivity. notEasy 4 some.. -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 14:39:36

• World's soBig, yet It's soHard 2Find aPureCleanPlace 2rest:( -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 15:48:24

• MYSJ is the place:) -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 20:25:13

• indeed, hope it would last ....;-) -最西边的岛上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/18/2024 postreply 05:02:48

• That is right. Can apply it to many aspects of life. -天边一片白云- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/17/2024 postreply 11:13:12