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Synonyms for silver lining

Grammar : Noun

Définition of silver lining

Origin :
  • a "bright side" which proverbially accompanies even the darkest trouble; by 1843, apparently from oft-quoted lines from Milton's "Comus," where the silver lining is the light of the moon shining from behind the cloud.
  • Was I deceived? or did a sable cloudTurn forth her silver lining on the night?I did not err, there does a sable cloud,Turn out her silver lining on the nightAnd casts a gleam over this tufted grove.
  • To which Thomas Warton added the commentary: "When all succour ſeems to be lost, Heaven unexpectedly presents the ſilver lining oſ a ſable cloud to the virtuous."
  • noun bright side of situation
Example sentences :
  • Jud was the dark cloud, and his silver lining had not yet materialized.
  • Extract from : « David Dunne » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
  • The cloud had no silver lining, but I trust that it will be all silver in heaven.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Scenes » by Elizabeth Keckley
  • His statements are facts, but facts with the silver lining out.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Port Royal » by Various
  • You will meet with difficulties, but do not despond; to every cloud, there is a silver lining.
  • Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel
  • Was there a silver lining to the cloud that was floating around him?
  • Extract from : « The Silver Lining » by John Roussel
  • Instead of a silver lining the "black chap" exhibited one of gold.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow God » by H. Rider Haggard
  • Every cloud have silver lining, Major, even that black chap up there.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow God » by H. Rider Haggard
  • And while we see the cloud, let us not shut our eyes to the silver lining.
  • Extract from : « Character » by Samuel Smiles
  • Still the cloud has a silver lining, and that is—Harry Blew.
  • Extract from : « The Flag of Distress » by Mayne Reid
  • The cloud was plain to be seen, but of the silver lining not a vestige was perceptible.
  • Extract from : « Homestead » by Arthur G. Burgoyne

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