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every cloud

every cloud is the ellipsis of every cloud has a silver lining.

Meaning of every cloud has a silver lining

Proverb

every cloud has a silver lining

  1. 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, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417

Origin of every cloud

An ellipsis (anapodoton) of every cloud has a silver lining.

Questions about every cloud

What is every cloud the ellipsis of?
Every cloud is the ellipsis of every cloud has a silver lining.

Words near every cloud in the dictionary

  1. every
  2. every accusation is a confession
  3. every barrel has a rotten apple
  4. every bit
  5. every body
  6. every cloud
  7. every cloud has a silver lining
  8. every dark cloud has a silver lining
  9. every day
  10. every day is a school day
  11. every day of the week

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