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A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bright side, on the plus side, eucatastrophe
Antonyms: downside, drawback, worm in the apple, sticky wicket
a consoling aspect of a difficult situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- every cloud has a silver lining
- look on the bright side of it
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bright side
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: consolation, solace, solacement
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.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
利好
(lìhǎo)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Chinese Mandarin:
有利的一面
(yǒulì de yī miàn)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Cornish:
amal arghans
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Czech:
světlá stránka
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Czech:
paprsek naděje
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Czech:
světlo na konci tunelu
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Danish:
lyspunkt
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Danish:
solstrejf
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Finnish:
hopeareunus
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Galician:
lado bo
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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German:
Silberstreif
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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German:
Silberstreifen
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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German:
Lichtblick
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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German:
gute Seite
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Hungarian:
jó oldala
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Italian:
risvolto positivo
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Polish:
iskierka nadziei
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Polish:
płomyk nadziei
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Polish:
promyk nadziei
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Portuguese:
lado bom
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Romanian:
but see parte bună
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Romanian:
aspect pozitiv
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Russian:
луч наде́жды
(luč nadéždy)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Russian:
хорошая новость
(xorošaja novostʹ)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Russian:
све́тлая сторона́
(svétlaja storoná)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Russian:
свет в конце тоннеля
(svet v konce tonnelja)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Spanish:
resquicio esperanzador
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Swedish:
ljuspunkt
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Swedish:
ljusglimt
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
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Thai:
ฟ้าหลังฝน
(fáa lăng fŏn)
— a good aspect of a mostly bad event
