| 单词 | silver lining |
| 释义 | silver liningSEE SYNONYMS FOR silver lining ON THESAURUS.COM nouna sign of hope in an unfortunate or gloomy situation; a bright prospect:Every cloud has a silver lining. Origin of silver liningFirst recorded in 1870–75 Words nearby silver liningSilverius, silverize, silver jenny, silver-lace vine, silver leaf, silver lining, silverly, silver maple, silver medal, silver mound, silvern Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for silver lining
British Dictionary definitions for silver liningsilver lining nouna comforting or hopeful aspect of an otherwise desperate or unhappy situation (esp in the phrase every cloud has a silver lining) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with silver liningsilver lining An element of hope or a redeeming quality in an otherwise bad situation, as in The rally had a disappointing turnout, but the silver lining was that those who came pledged a great deal of money. This metaphoric term is a shortening of Every cloud has a silver lining, in turn derived from John Milton's Comus (1634): “A sable cloud turns forth its silver lining on the night.” The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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