Silver lining
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation. figuratively
"Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night? / I did not err: there does a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night, / And casts a gleam over this tufted grove."
- 2 a consoling aspect of a difficult situation wordnet
Example
More examples"Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night? / I did not err: there does a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night, / And casts a gleam over this tufted grove."
Etymology
Originating in John Milton's poem Comus; see the quotation from 1634. The proverb every cloud has a silver lining is an allusion to the relevant passage.