# every cloud has a silver lining

Pronunciation: US say "ev-ree klowd haz uh sil-ver LY-ning" /ˌɛvɹi ˌklaʊd hæz ə ˌsɪlvɚ ˈlaɪnɪŋ/; UK say "ev-ree klowd haz uh sil-vuh LY-ning" /ˌɛvɹi ˌklaʊd hæz ə ˌsɪlvə ˈlaɪnɪŋ/

## Idiom

1. No matter how bad a situation is, some good can be found in it.
   - Simple: Even bad situations have something good in them.
   - _After the flood forced the town to rebuild, residents got a safer, sturdier bridge out of it; every cloud has a silver lining._
   - _She kept reminding herself that every cloud has a silver lining as she packed up the apartment after the breakup._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/every-cloud-has-a-silver-lining (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).