Re: Silver
lining
Posted by R. Berg on January 18, 2003
In Reply to: Re: Silver lining posted by
James Briggs on January 18, 2003
: : : Hi, could you explain the
meaning of "Silver lining", when and how to use this word?
: : It means that
a negative situation has produced something that is very positive. The very positive
thing or situation is the "silver lining".
: : For instance, many people agree
that one of the "silver linings" of World War 2 was the increae in technology
that hastened the development and start of the computer era.
: I think this
comes from thunder clouds, which are often very dark and threatening but which
often may have a silver gleam of sunlight along one edge - the 'silver lining'
to the cloud.
"Silver lining" comes from a proverb often heard, "Every cloud
has a silver lining," which refers literally to the storm clouds described just
above and is extended to the situations described above that.
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