1. a consoling aspect of a difficult situation; - Example: "every cloud has a silver lining" - Example: "look on the bright side of it" [syn: silver lining, bright side]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
silver lining
n 1: a consoling aspect of a difficult situation; "every cloud
has a silver lining"; "look on the bright side of it" [syn:
silver lining, bright side]