silver lining
silver lining
nounDefinition of SILVER LINING
: a consoling or hopeful prospect
See Examples of SILVER LINING
- If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.
Origin of SILVER LINING
from the phrase “every cloud has a silver lining”
First Known Use: 1871
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