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silver linings

silver linings is the plural of silver lining.

Meaning of silver lining

Noun

silver lining (plural silver linings)

  1. (figuratively) A favorable aspect or prospect of a mostly unfavorable event or situation.
    • Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night? / I did not err: there does a sable cloud / Turn forth her silver lining on the night, / And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.1634, John Milton, Comus

Questions about silver linings

What is silver linings the plural of?
Silver linings is the plural of silver lining.

Words near silver linings in the dictionary

  1. silver lace
  2. silver lace vine
  3. Silver Lake
  4. Silver Lakes
  5. silver lining
  6. silver linings
  7. silver mail
  8. silver maple
  9. silver maples
  10. silver medal
  11. silver medalist

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