every cloud has a silver lining

English

Etymology

See entry for silver lining.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: IPA^(key): [eːvɹi kʰlɑʊd hæz ə sɪlvɚ laiːnɪŋ]

• Audio (Southern England):

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Proverb

every cloud has a silver lining

1. There is something good in any bad situation.
   • 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, […]

   • 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:

     Patrick O'Brien: No hard feelings? I've been falsely accused, had the crap kicked out of me, now I have no job.
     Gene Hunt: Look on the bright side. Still got your health. So, you know, every cloud.

Translations

in every bad situation there is an element of good

• Arabic: رُبَّ ضارّةٍ نافِعةٌ (rubba ḍārratin nāfiʕatun)
• Armenian: չկա չարիք առանց բարիք (čʻka čʻarikʻ aṙancʻ barikʻ)
• Catalan: d'un gran mal en surt un gran bé
• Chichewa: físi ali ndi bwenzi, bwenzi lake ndi mdima (literally “even a hyena has a friend, its friend is darkness”)
• 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, kein Leid ohne Freud
• Greek: ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού (el) (oudén kakón amigés kaloú)
• Hindi: जहाँ निराशा, वहाँ आशा (jahā̃ nirāśā, vahā̃ āśā)
• Hungarian: minden rosszban van valami jó (hu)
• Icelandic: fátt er svo með öllu illt að ekki boði nokkuð gott
• Indonesian: badai pasti berlalu (id) (literally “the storm must pass”), setelah hujan ada rintik air mata (id) (literally “after the rain there will be tears”)
• Irish: an áit a mbíonn an dólás bíonn an sólás ina aice (literally “wherever there is sorrow, there is solace nearby”)
• 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:

  Bokmål: 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), что ни де́лается, всё к лу́чшему (što ni délajetsja, vsjo k lúčšemu)
• Scottish Gaelic: tha a' ghrian air cùlaibh gach sgothan
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: у сваком злу, неко добро

  Latin: 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: may liwanag sa likod ng ulap
• Thai: ฟ้าหลังฝน (fáa lǎng fǒn)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: her işte bir hayır vardır (tr)
• Ukrainian: немає лиха без добра (nemaje lyxa bez dobra), нема́ ли́ха без добра́ (nemá lýxa bez dobrá)
• Vietnamese: trong cái rủi có cái may
• Welsh: mae ymyl arian i bob cwmwl du (literally “there's a silver lining to every black cloud”), daw eto haul ar fryn (literally “the sun will come again on the hill”)
• Yoruba: ilé ọba tó jó, ẹwà ló bù sí

See also

• every silver lining has a cloud
• every dark cloud has a silver lining
• the darkest hour is just before the dawn
• every rose has its thorn
• April showers bring May flowers
• necessary evil
• blessing in disguise
• it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

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