sadness or unpleasant things can have a positive side effect
each negative situation can be positive eventually
there may be an advantage to a hopeless event
your good fortune might not be apparent at the moment
the situation may seem bad now but can turn for the better
If it’s the tough time in your life, it comes with many silver linings.
Always be optimistic and look for the silver-lining.
He had to have major surgery last year, but he met the love of his life while he was in hospital. She’s a nurse. Every cloud has a silver lining.
I thought I had no money for lunch, but then I found £5.00 in the bottom of my bag. Every cloud has a silver lining.
They say every cloud has a silver lining. If I’d caught the first train, I would have been held up for 3 hours. Thank goodness I waited for the second one.
There is no origin for this idiom
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