at the best of times

at the best of times
at the best of times
Even in the most favourable circumstances
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at the best of times phrase
used for saying that something is fairly bad, difficult, dangerous etc even in normal circumstances, but it is often worse than this

Persuading the bank to lend you money is a difficult task at the best of times.

Thesaurus: ways of emphasizing how bad something issynonym
Main entry: best

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at (or in) the best of times
even in the most favorable circumstances

his memory is poor at the best of times

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at the ˈbest of times idiom
even when the circumstances are very good

He's never very happy at the best of times— he'll be much worse now!

Main entry:timeidiom

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