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the bright side |
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the bright side also a bright side the good parts or features of a mostly unpleasant situation There's a bright side to this – at least you can learn from your mistake. Usage notes: often used in the form look on the bright side: They tried to look on the bright side when their flight was rerouted to another city. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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How can I think of the bright side of life when, as you see, I am sitting on a barrel and working in a dirty shed? I judged she had earned a right to a more hospitable place; so I plucked her up and sent her to America to a friend who would respect her for the fight she had made, all by her small self, to make a whole vast despondent Alpine desolation stop breaking its heart over the unalterable, and hold up its head and look at the bright side of things for once. Well, of course, if you can look on the bright side, pray do; it's a mercy if people haven't sensitive feelings, in this world. |
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