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every cloud has a silver lining

There is something good in every unpleasant situation

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  • John Milton used this expression in 1634. It demonstrates that the poet has deeply observed that if the sun passes behind a dark cloud then sun beams may shine out around the edges like a silver lining. Here, ‘clouds’ symbolizes the worst situation and ‘silver lining’ is the positive and good thing.
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Pamela missed the trip with friends, but as every cloud has a silver lining. She got a new project at the same day.

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Submitted on February 25, 2019

Modified by Steveywonderful1 on May 17, 2020

Additional definitions for 'every cloud has a silver lining':

every cloud has a silver liningIn every bad situation there is an element of good1881, 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,
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