silver

Related to silver: silver screen

silver lining

The potential for something positive or beneficial to result from a negative situation. Often used in the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining." (A silver lining on a cloud is an indication that the sun is behind it.) There could be a silver lining to getting laid off—you might find a job you actually like!
See also: lining, silver

silver tongue

Oratory skills that are particularly eloquent, artful, seductive, and/or persuasive. He might not have much experience in politics, but his silver tongue is bound to win over a great deal of voters.
See also: silver, tongue
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

silver

n. money. I have some silver stashed at home if you need it.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • a silver lining
  • a silver/smooth tongue
  • be born with a silver spoon in (one's) mouth
  • be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
  • born with a silver spoon
  • born with a silver spoon in (one's) mouth
  • born with a silver spoon in his or her mouth
  • born with a silver spoon in mouth
  • born with a silver spoon in your mouth
  • cross (one's) palm with silver
  • cross palm with silver
  • cross someone's palm with silver
  • every cloud has a silver lining
  • every dark cloud has a silver lining
  • every silver lining has a cloud
  • give (something) to (one) on a (silver) platter
  • hand (something) to (one) on a (silver) platter
  • hand to on a silver platter
  • have a silver tongue
  • on a silver platter
  • sell the family silver
  • silver
  • Silver Alert
  • silver bullet
  • silver foil
  • silver goose
  • silver lining
  • silver plate(s)
  • silver spoon
  • silver surfer
  • silver tongue
  • silver-tongued
  • silver-tongued orator
  • speech is silver, but silence is golden
  • speech is silver, silence is gold
  • speech is silver, silence is golden
  • the silver screen
  • thirty pieces of silver
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Objective: To compare the clinical efficacy and safety of oil gauze silver dressing and silver ions dressing on diabetic ulcers in elderly outpatients.
Effect of oil gauze silver dressings on diabetic foot ulcers in the elderly
Summary: New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Come Diwali and you cannot miss the lovely display of mithai and dry fruit decorated with silver leaf or chandi-ka-warq.
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The Adverse Drug Reactions Advisory Committee (ADRAC) has issued a warning on colloidal silver products, due to toxicity reports associated with its long term use (1).
ADRAC issues warning on colloidal silver
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State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver used his vote on the Public Authorities Control Board, whose approval is necessary for the project to receive a critical portion of state funding, to reject the roughly $800 million plan in favor of a more sweeping redevelopment of Manhattan's busiest transportation hub.
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