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Meaning
In every bad situation there is an element of good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Arabic
رُبّ ضارة نافعة: “A harmful thing may be beneficial.”
مصائب قوم عند قوم فوائد: “Some people’s adversities are beneficial to other people.”
كل تأخيرة فيها خيرة: “Every delay brings about something good.”
Every cloud has a silver lining in Basque
Bataren gaitza besteak on = lit. With an evil of one thing (or someone) another one can draw benefit. Source: Refranero Multilingüe
Every cloud has a silver lining in Catalan
D’un gran mal en surt un gran bé = lit. From a great evil comes a great good.
No hi ha mal que per bé no vingui = lit. There is no evil that doesn’t come for a a good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Croatian
Svako zlo za neko dobro = lit. every evil for some good
Every cloud has a silver lining in Czech
Vše zlé je k něčemu dobré. = lit. All bad [things] are good to something. (Every bad [thing] is good for something.)
Every cloud has a silver lining in Dutch
Achter de wolken schijnt de zon // elke wolk heeft een zilveren voering. // altijd een geluk bij een ongeluk = lit. always lucky in an accident.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Estonian
Vihmaga saab vilja, põuaga põhku.
~ With rain comes grain, with drought (comes) hay.
Õnn ja õnnetus käivad käsikäes.
~ Happiness and unhappiness walk hand in hand.
Õnnest tuleb õnnetus ja õnnetusest õnn.
~ Out of happiness comes unhappiness and out of unhappiness (comes) happiness.
Ka kõige mustem mure kaob valge liiva all.
~ Even the darkest sorrow disappears underneath the white sand.
Every cloud has a silver lining in French
À quelque chose malheur est bon = lit. In every evil thing there is something good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Galician
Non hai mal que por ben non veña = lit. There is no evil that doesn’t come for a a good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in German
Wo Schatten ist, ist auch Licht.
~ Where there is shadow there is also light.
Es hat allessein Gutes = lit. It has all its good
Nach düstern Wolken scheint die Sonne am stärksten = lit. behing hidden clouds the sun shines stronger.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Greek
«Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού»
or in polytonic spelling (since it’s a Stoic belief, I think Epicurean):
«Οὐδὲν κακὸν ἀμιγὲς καλοῦ»
in Modern Greek pronunciation:
/u’ðen ka’kon ami’ʝes ka’lu/
lit. “There’s no evil without some good
Every cloud has a silver lining in Hebrew
הכל לטובה hakol letova – everything is for the best
Also “מעז יצא מתוק” – [me’az yatsa matok] = “out of the strong came forth sweetness”.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Hungarian
Minden rosszban van valami jó.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Irish gaelic
Tha a’ ghrian air cùlaibh gach sgothan = lit. In every bad situation there is an element of good
Every cloud has a silver lining in Italian
“Dietro ogni nuvola c’è un raggio di sole” (The sun shines behind the clouds).
“Finita la pioggia torna il sereno” (As soon as it stops raining, the sun starts shining).
“Non tutto il male viene per nuocere” – “Not all the bad things come to hurt”
Every cloud has a silver lining in Japanese
苦あれば楽あり(if there is pain, there is another gain) and 災い転じて福となす(misfortune will be transformed into fortune).
Every cloud has a silver lining in Korean
불행 중 다행-something good that comes out of something bad
Every cloud has a silver lining in Latin
Malum nullum est sine aliquo bono = There is no evil without some good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Portuguese
Há males que vêm para o/por bem. ( lit. There are bad things that come for the sake o good)
Every cloud has a silver lining in Russian
нет худа без добра /net khuda bez dobra/ – [there is] no bad without good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Swedish
Varje moln har en silverkant but it’s not a very common expression, but we usually say “Varje moln har en guldkant” – Every cloud have a gold lining.
“Inget ont som inte har något gott med sig” – Nothing evil that doesn’t have something good with it.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Scottish Gaelic
Tha a’ ghrian air cùlaibh gach sgothan = literally, The sun is behind each boat.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Spanish
No hay mal que por bien no venga: There is no evil that doesn’t come for a a good.
Every cloud has a silver lining in Turkish
“Her işte bir hayır vardır.” –> lit. “There is something good in everything.“