זאת לא הכוונה.
To make necessity a virtue (a virtue of necessity). [Lat., Necessitatem in virtutem commutarum.] He then passed to xxx with contingents from most of the former allies, who had made a virtue of necessity and joined him of their own accord
הכוונה היא שהם הפכו את הכורח למשהו חיובי. משהו בסגנון "מהעז יצא מתוק"...
