a) Look on the bright side.
Well done ! That’s the right answer.
’The proverbial saying ‘every cloud has a silver lining’ is used to convey the notion that, no matter how bad a situation might seem, there is always some good aspect to it.
This expression is usually said as an encouragement to a person who is overcome by some difficulty and is unable to see any positive way forward.’
French translation
À quelque chose malheur est bon. Après la plus le beau temps.
How NOT to translate : *Chaque nuage a une doublure d’argent.
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Examples in context
Every cloud has a silver lining ? Not if it is run by an internet giant
Like the history of electricity generation, data processing has become centralised, so shouldn’t it be regulated in the same way ?
Ten years ago, the tech commentator Nicholas Carr published The Big Switch : Rewiring the World From Edison to Google. It was the first attempt to explain to a general audience the significance of the computing industry’s move to what became known as “cloud computing”.
The Guardian, 18 Feb. 2018
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‘In the bullion market, every silver lining has a cloud
Events in the gold market have given a whole new twist to the old adage that “no news is good news.”
Hopes for a deal between the US and China to dismantle the trade tariffs imposed on each other’s exports have cheered most observers, given that a serious clash of these economic titans would spell serious trouble for mid-sized and smaller economies.
But in the bullion world, optimistic noises about an end to the trade conflict were greeted by a markdown in the gold price.’
Capital.com, 6 March 2019
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Everyday usage
However, every cloud has a silver lining. In this case, the silver lining was an opportunity to review the functioning of the plant.
I found a new job after losing my last one and I like this one more. You see, every cloud does have a silver lining.
Let’s talk some silver lining potential in this otherwise dark market cloud.
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