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idiom(every cloud has) a silver liningused in order to say that a difficult or unpleasant situation has some good things about it, or may have a good result:Every cloud tends to have its silver lining, and if this law forces us to use our cars less it will be good for the environment.There may be a silver lining - if houses are difficult to sell, they may become available to rent.Noteevery cloud has a silver lining is the original idiom, but it is very common, especially in newspapers, television news etc to shorten this to 'silver lining'.
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