Question of the Day #421

"The silver lining of a casualty loss: The tax deduction"
From the headline of this article at Investment News.

上記の文で、silver liningの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "silver lining" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、


1. 〔地上から見た灰色の雲の後ろ側で〕銀色に輝く裏地
2. 〈比喩〉希望の兆し

とありますが、1番の訳が2番の訳の語源です。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

a consoling or hopeful prospect

Etymology/語源

Merriam-Webster によると、

「すべての雲には、銀色に輝く裏地がある」という句から。

According to Merriam-Webster :

from the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining"

Examples

• If there's a silver lining to losing my job, it's that I'll now be able to go to school full-time and finish my degree earlier.
• But the silver lining is the city ranked high for cultural factors! — Elise Taylor, Vogue, "This Is the Most Livable City in the World," 4 Sep. 2019
• Like red-zone offense, the silver lining was the fact Alabama led the nation in attempts with 92. — Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al.com, "What Alabama football should fix in 2019," 11 July 2019