it's a silver lining

Grammar usage guide and real-world examples

But for activists and many villagers in areas where power plants are slated to be built, it's a silver lining.

"It's a silver lining to a new dark cloud that has emerged," Blaxland added.

And know your comments didn't rip my family a part at the seams... if anything, you made me appreciate my silver lining even more (and it's a silver lining both Elton John and I proudly wear).

Lakers head coach Mike D'Antoni, clearly angling for a nomination for "Most Self-Evident Quote Of The Season" award, summed up his team's dilemma: "If we can win, it's a silver lining because he rests and gets his body in shape, but if we don't win, then it's not very good.

"It's a silver lining," Mr. Schneyderman said.

It's a silver lining when a white prosecutor, Joe Deters, got up in front of the Cincinnati press and unequivocally denounced the "unnecessary" but "purposeful" killing of DuBose as "murder" – without any of the usual equivocation which makes black victims have to defend themselves from beyond the grave.

While this is bad news for hotel operators, it is a silver lining for road warriors and corporate travel managers trying to hold the line on lodging expenses in a tough economy.

It was a silver lining to a dark cloud".

But it is a silver lining to keep in mind when you're staring down a problem.

On the other hand, while the global financial crisis of 2008 wreaked havoc on the national economy, and particularly crippled our credit and financial systems (most of which is based in New York), it may have had an upside for startups — even if it is a silver lining.

"One could say it was a silver lining to the bombing, but it was not deliberate".