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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
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'...make a virtue of necessity...'

0I had a couple of months to spare between jobs so I thought I'd 01i00make a virtue of necessity02i00 by acquiring a few new skills. 02br
00What does 'make a virtue of necessity' means here?02br
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— Marius Hancu

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0 I'm doing something necessary, something which I can also be proud of. 0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I had a couple of months to spare between jobs so I thought I'd 01i00make a virtue of necessity02i00 by acquiring a few new skills. 02font02br
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0Thank you for your replies Marius Hancu and Clive. 02br
00So does the sentence tells us what sort of benefit he is getting out of it?02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Yes. The benefit is that he's acquiring new skills.02br
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0Thanks Clive. So in other words, the things that must be done and the benefit are the same thing right? 02br
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0Hi,02br
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00Based on the looser way the phrase is often used, yes.02br
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00But in my earlier post, I said this.02br
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01font00The phrase is sometimes used loosely in this way. However, the deeper meaning is 01i00'To look like I am a good (ie 'virtuous') person because I am doing something t
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0Ah I am getting it now. Thanks for your explanations Clive. 02br
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