bright side

1. A favorable or hopeful aspect, as in Bob is inclined to look on the bright side of everything. This idiom uses bright in the sense of “lit up with gladness or hope.” [First half of 1800s] Also see glass is half full.

Example Sentences

You see how desperate she was to look on the bright side.

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She, too, had a strong inclination to tell Lord Fredrick to buck up and look on the bright side.

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But at least on the bright side, that urge to crush the critters has made the S&P 500’s financial sector look attractive from a valuations standpoint.

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The two of them share an understanding that they should be gentle giants who look on the bright side of getting thrashed, made to bleed, and being knocked unconscious for other people’s entertainment.

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“We pay far too little attention to that ominous period of American life,” he said, “always preferring to look on the bright side rather than the dark side.”

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