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Meaning of dilemmanade | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A notional drink, a positive thing that one makes by making the best of dilemmas one faces.

colloquial, uncountable

Examples

“When life deals you a dilemma, just make dilemmanade If you let your attitude go bad, it doesn't take very long for that negative feeling to get passed on to your staff and then to your customers.”
“This is truly a dilemma. But as my guru harry Cohen Baba once told me, when you're faced with a dilemma, the only thing to do is make dilemmanade. Yes, we need a new approach, something truly revolutionary and earth-shaking.”
“The citizens could easily obtain weapons equal to the grade of the weapons that the military was using in the 1790s. Today, that means that we have a slight bit of a dilemma, because citizens probably shouldn't have mutated Smallpox and agent orange just sitting around in their basements. but, you know the saying; if life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Conversely, if life gives you a dilemma, make dilemmanade.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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