転ころんでもただでは起おきぬ

expression

turn everything to profit; make the best of a bad situation

Proverb describing a person who never misses a chance to gain something, even from a mishap. Literally 'even if he falls, he doesn't get up empty-handed'.

See also: 転んでもただでは起きない

• 彼かれは転ころんでもただでは起おきぬタイプで、失しっ敗ぱいからも何なにかを学まなび取とる。

  He's the type who turns everything to profit, learning something even from his failures.

• 転ころんでもただでは起おきぬ精せい神しんで、ピンチをチャンスに変かえた。

  With a 'never get up empty-handed' spirit, he turned a crisis into an opportunity.