every cloud has a silver lining

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every cloud has a silver lining

  1. There is something good in any bad situation.
    • 1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:
      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 []
    • 1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:
      [] 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, []
    • 1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:
      But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining, []
    • 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
      Patrick O'Brien: No hard feelings? I've been falsely accused, had the crap kicked out of me, now I have no job.
      Gene Hunt: Look on the bright side. Still got your health. So, you know, every cloud.

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