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Every cloud has a silver lining

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Every cloud has a silver lining.
Prov. You can derive some benefit from every bad thing that happens to you. (You can also refer to the silver lining of a particular cloud, the benefit you can derive from a particular misfortune.) I'm sorry your business is going badly, but don't despair. Every cloud has a silver lining. When Mary's friends visited her in the hospital, they tried to cheer her up, but Mary never could find the silver lining in the cloud of her illness.
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Every cloud has a silver lining.
something that you say which means that there is something good even in an unpleasant situation As the trip's been cancelled I'll be able to go to the match this Saturday. Every cloud has a silver lining.
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We've all heard that every cloud has a silver lining, but could it be true even when the problem comes in the form of a $725.
There is an almost universal faith that every cloud has a silver lining.
It is often said that there is an upside to every downside and most every cloud has a silver lining.
 
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