Silver lining (idiom)
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Under a cloud (with a silver lining) (1920). A cartoon depicting George Lansbury. Captions: Under a cloud (with a golden lining) Comrade Lansbury. "Thanks to my faithful brolski not a drop has touched me." [Loud crows from "Daily Herald" bird.] Possibly reflecting an allegation of Soviet funding for the Independent Labour Party. Lansbury founded the Daily Herald.[1]
A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism in the common English-language idiom "Every cloud has a silver lining."[2]
Origin
The origin of the phrase is traced to John Milton's "Comus" (1634) with the lines,
| “ | Was I deceiv'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night?[3] |
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References
- ↑ Cartoon from Punch, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Various
- ↑ GoEnglish.com Idioms = "Every Cloud Has A Silver Lining" = Today's English Idioms
- ↑ Re: Every cloud has a silver lining
See also
- Silver Lining (disambiguation)
- Is the glass half empty or half full?
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