blessing in disguise

English

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Noun

blessing in disguise (plural blessings in disguise)

1. A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best.

   Antonyms: poisoned chalice, monkey's paw

Translations

A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best

• Bulgarian: всяко зло за добро (vsjako zlo za dobro, literally “every bad for good”)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 因禍得福／因祸得福 (zh) (yīn huò dé fú)

• Dutch: een verhulde zegen
• Finnish: onni onnettomuudessa
• French: un mal pour un bien (fr)
• German: im Nachhinein (betrachtet) ein Glück, letztlich ein Glück, ... ein Segen; Glück im Unglück (but the last may have quite a different sense, see the lemma)
• Indonesian: badai pasti berlalu (id) (literally “the storm must pass”), setelah hujan ada rintik air mata (id) (literally “after the rain there will be tears”)
• Italian: bene insperato m, non tutto il male viene per nuocere
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 새옹지마(塞翁之馬) (ko) (sae'ongjima)
• Polish: szczęście w nieszczęściu (pl) n
• Portuguese: há males que só vêm para o bem
• Romanian: binecuvântare deghizată f
• Spanish: no hay mal que por bien no venga (es)

See also

• silver lining