how to understand the sentence: the darkest cloud has a silver lining
you can answer the question both in enlgish and chinese.please don't paste the answer from other webs. I try to understand the connotation.

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how to understand the sentence: the darkest cloud has a silver lining
you can answer the question both in enlgish and chinese.please don't paste the answer from  other webs. I try to understand the connotation.

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This comes from the proverb 'Every cloud has a silver lining'. And means every bad situation has some good aspect to it. So your sentence means even the worst situation has some good aspect to it.
'Silver lining' is a metaphor for optimism.

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The most unpleasant ,disagreeable situations or circumstances ( referred to as the darkest cloud ,that is a metaphor for coming rain and bad weather) holds some advantages and hope ( the silver lining).
It is an optimistic prospect in difficult situations.

Another similar idiom:
"The brightest sun is just behind the darkest cloud."

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