every cloud has a silver lining [eːvɹi kʰlɑʊd hæz ə sɪlvɚ laiːnɪŋ] saying1 •There is something good in any bad situation.Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation […] — 1881
