転ころんでもただでは起おきない

expression, i-adjective

make the best of a bad situation; turn a setback into an opportunity

Proverb describing someone who never misses a chance to gain something, even from a mishap. Literally 'even if they fall, they don't get up empty-handed'.

• 彼かれは転ころんでもただでは起おきない性せい格かくで、失しっ敗ぱいからも何なにかを学まなび取とる。

  He has a personality that turns every setback into an opportunity, learning something even from failure.