every cloud has a silver lining

every cloud has a silver lining

English

Etymology

See entry for silver lining.

Proverb

every cloud has a silver lining

1. In every bad situation there is an element of good.
   • 1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:

     Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation […]

   • 1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:

     […] that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow, […]

   • 1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:

     But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining, […]

Translations

in every bad situation there is an element of good

Arabic: رُبَّ ضارّةٍ نافِعةٌ‎ (rubba ḍārratin nāfiʿatun) Armenian: չկա չարիք առանց բարիք (čʿka čʿarikʿ aṙancʿ barikʿ) Catalan: d'un gran mal en surt un gran bé Chinese: Mandarin: 陽光總在風雨後／阳光总在风雨后 (yángguāng zǒng zài fēngyǔ hòu), 塞翁失馬，焉知非福／塞翁失马，焉知非福 (zh) (sàiwēng shī mǎ, yānzhī fēi fú) Czech: všechno zlé je k něčemu dobré (cs) Danish: over skyerne er himlen altid blå Dutch: achter de wolken schijnt de zon, na regen komt zonneschijn, elk nadeel heeft zijn voordeel, dat dan weer wel Finnish: jokaisella pilvellä on hopeareunus, ei niin pahaa, ettei jotakin hyvääkin French: à quelque chose malheur est bon (fr), après la pluie, le beau temps (fr), un mal pour un bien (fr), d'un grand mal sort un grand bien, d'un grand mal sourd un grand bien, il n'y a de grand mal qu'un grand bien ne suive German: nach Regen folgt Sonnenschein Greek: ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού (el) (oudén kakón amigés kaloú) Hungarian: minden rosszban van valami jó (hu) Icelandic: fátt er svo með öllu illt að ekki boði nokkuð gott Italian: non tutti i mali vengono per nuocere Japanese: 楽あれば苦あり (ja) (らくあればくあり, raku areba ku ari) Korean: 새옹지마(塞翁之馬) (ko) (sae'ongjima) Lithuanian: nėra to blogo, kuris neišeitų į gerą Malay: Jawi: هاري تقکن سياڠ سهاج‎, هيلڠ کابوس تدوه هوجن‎, ستياڤ يڠ بوروق اد باءيقڽ جوݢ‎, ستياڤ کبوروقن يڠ برلاکو مستي اد هکمه اتاو کباءيقن د سباليقڽ‎ Rumi: hari takkan siang sahaja, hilang kabus teduh hujan, setiap yang buruk ada baiknya juga, setiap keburukan yang berlaku mesti ada hikmah atau kebaikan di sebaliknya Norwegian: aldri så galt at det ikke er godt for noe, over skyene er himmelen alltid blå, etter regn kommer alltid solskinn Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: nie ma tego złego, co by na dobre nie wyszło (pl) Portuguese: não há mal que não venha por bem Romanian: după ploaie vine soare Russian: нет ху́да без добра́ (ru) (net xúda bez dobrá) Scottish Gaelic: tha a' ghrian air cùlaibh gach sgothan Serbo-Croatian: u svakom zlu, neko dobro Slovak: všetko zlé je na niečo dobré Spanish: no hay mal que por bien no venga (es), el que no se consuela es porque no quiere Swedish: inget ont som inte har något gott med sig Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Thai: ฟ้าหลังฝน (fáa lăng fŏn) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: her işte bir hayır vardır Ukrainian: немає лиха без добра (nemaje lyxa bez dobra) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: please add this translation if you can Yoruba: ilé ọba tó jó, ẹwà ló bù sí

See also

• silver lining
• every silver lining has a cloud
• every dark cloud has a silver lining
• it's always darkest before the dawn
• every rose has its thorn

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