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Every cloud has a silver lining

Cultural  
  1. Every misfortune has its positive aspect.


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"I'm grateful to the government for enabling 88 percent of Albanians to learn what a VPN is and how it works. Every cloud has a silver lining," she added.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

The teenager said: "That's amazing news. Every cloud has a silver lining."

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2024

"Every cloud has a silver lining", he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2016

Photograph: Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images Every cloud has a silver lining.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2010

"Every cloud has a silver lining, apparently," said Raymond, and when Sabina returned, Ernest introduced him.

From The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

But every cloud has a silver lining, even the cloud of wildfire smoke enveloping your city or town.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

They say that every cloud has a silver lining.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

That said, every cloud has a silver lining...

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 13, 2017

A useful cliché holds that every cloud has a silver lining.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2015

In short, although Stephen remarked that every cloud has a silver lining, a proverb which, as I told him, I seemed to have heard before, in no sense could the outlook be considered bright.

From Allan and the Holy Flower by Henry Rider Haggard

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