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Silver lining (idiom)

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It is a metaphor referring to the silvery, shining edges of a cloud backlit by the Sun or the Moon.
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funding for the Independent Labour Party. Lansbury founded the Daily Herald.
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Various
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Every cloud has a silver lining
Silver lining (disambiguation)
Burnt toast theory
merged
Discuss

cartoon
George Lansbury
Soviet

metaphor
optimism
English
John Milton
Comus: A Mask Presented at Ludlow Castle
Idiom
Every cloud has a silver lining
Felix culpa
Silver Lining (disambiguation)
Is the glass half empty or half full?

silver lining
Punch
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Various
every cloud has a silver lining idiom definition
"'Every cloud has a silver lining' - the meaning and origin of this phrase"
"Lining, N. (1), Sense 2.b"
doi
10.1093/OED/4708232904
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