take the bitter with the sweet

Verb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) To accept positive things with negative things.

Japanese Meaning

良い面も悪い面も、まとめて受け入れること。 / 嬉しいことと辛いこと、どちらも経験・認めること。

Sometimes you have to take the bitter with the sweet when making difficult decisions.

時には難しい決断をする際、良いことと悪いことを共に受け入れなければならない。

Sense（1）

(idiomatic) To accept positive things with negative things.

takes the bitter with the sweet

（ present singular third-person ）

taking the bitter with the sweet

（ participle present ）

took the bitter with the sweet

（ past ）

taken the bitter with the sweet

（ participle past ）