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French: "A quelque chose malheur est bon."

English translation: "Every cloud has a silver lining."







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French term or phrase:"A quelque chose malheur est bon."
English translation:"Every cloud has a silver lining."
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French term or phrase: "A quelque chose malheur est bon."
Encore une maxime française. Quel est son equivalent en anglais?
Cheers
Dianne
Dianne Holmes Brown
France
every cloud has a silver liing
Explanation:
think this might work

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Note added at 2 mins (2004-05-14 14:24:27 GMT)
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\"lining \" that is :)

\"every cloud has a silver lining\"
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David Hollywood
Argentina
Note from asker to answerer
that's perfect !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +12every cloud has a silver liingDavid Hollywood
5One man's meat is another man's poison.Douglas Hayes
5It's an ill wind that blows nobody good
Richard Nice
4Annoying events are advantageous in so far they enable one to get an experience
Narasimhan Raghavan


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
A quelque chose malheur est bon. One man's meat is another man's poison.

Explanation:
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Douglas Hayes
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +12
every cloud has a silver liing

Explanation:
think this might work

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Note added at 2 mins (2004-05-14 14:24:27 GMT)
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\"lining \" that is :)

\"every cloud has a silver lining\"

David Hollywood
Argentina
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
that's perfect !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
2 mins

agree NancyLynn
2 mins

agree xxxcaroail: yes!
18 mins

agree Will Matter
20 mins

agree Laura Robertson
1 hr

agree xxxsarahl
1 hr

agree Renate FitzRoy
1 hr

agree Julie Roy
1 hr

agree Robert Frankling
1 hr

agree writeaway
3 hrs

agree Hacene
4 hrs

agree sktrans
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
A quelque chose malheur est bon Annoying events are advantageous in so far they enable one to get an experience

Explanation:
The meaning in french is given below:
See: http://www.yfolire.net/cite/provcl_a.php
A quelque chose malheur est bon.
Les évênements facheux peuvent procurer quelque avantage, ne fût-ce qu'en donnant de l'expérience.



Narasimhan Raghavan
India
Native speaker of: Native in TamilTamil

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral writeaway: that's the meaning, not the equivalent English saying :-)
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
It's an ill wind that blows nobody good

Explanation:
Just something one knows, but also the view of Kettridge, French for English Idioms

Richard Nice
Germany
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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