Every cloud has a silver lining is the saying that something good hides in every bad situation. They say every cloud has a silver lining, well, every cloud has a silver lining, remember every cloud has a silver lining.
It is one of the least welcome things to hear in the middle of trouble, which is why it is usually said afterwards. The image is sunlight catching the edge of a dark cloud.
1phraseevery cloud has a silver liningThe saying: something good hides in every bad situation.
“I lost my job, but every cloud has a silver lining: now I can finally start my own business.”
every cloud has a silver lining is a saying.
Also accepted in games: silver lining
From the image of sunlight catching the edge of a dark cloud, a phrase in use since the nineteenth century.
See entry for silver lining.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Idioms