| 词组 | blessing in disguise |
| 释义 | Idiom blessing in disguise Theme: ADVANTAGE something that turns out to be fortunate and advantageous after seeming to be the opposite at first.Our missing the train was a blessing in disguise. It was involved in a crash.It was a blessing in disguise that I didn't get the job. I was offered a better one the next day. Idiom blessing in disguise something that at first appears to be bad or unlucky but is actually good.Losing my job was a blessing in disguise — I never would have found this one if it hadn't happened. a blessing in disguiseAn unfortunate event or situation that results in an unforeseen positive outcome. Running late for work turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I would have been in the middle of that big multi-car pileup had I left the house on time. blessing in disguiseFig. something that at first seems bad, but later turns out to be beneficial. Tony's motorcycle accident was a blessing in disguise, because he got enough insurance money from the other driver to make a down payment on a house. Dad's illness was a blessing in disguise; it brought the family together for the first time in years. blessing in disguiseA misfortune that unexpectedly turns into good fortune, as in Missing the train was a blessing in disguise, for if I hadn't, I wouldn't have met my future wife . [Mid-1700s] blessing in disguise, aGood luck coming out of bad; a misfortune unexpectedly turning into a good thing. “E’en crosses from his sov’reign hand are blessings in disguise,” wrote the eighteenth-century poet James Hervey, “cross” here meaning “a cross to bear,” or burden. The phrase has been a cliché for about a century. |
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