every cloud has a silver lining
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Pronunciation: [eːvɹi kʰlɑʊd hæz ə sɪlvɚ laiːnɪŋ]
proverb
Etymology: See entry for silver lining.
- There is something good in any bad situation.
“Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation […]”
“[…] that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow, […]”