Meaning of silver lining | Babel Free

Definitions

A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.

figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night? / I did not err: there does a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night, / And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.”

“The only silver lining for businesses and local residents was that there was at least an end in sight, and that the new station, once built, would enhance the area and provide improved east-west access for pedestrians.”

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