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Мамыр 14, 2022 08:00
Word story – silver lining

Word story – silver lining

silver lining (noun) – an advantage that comes from a difficult or unpleasant situation
Definition – Cambridge Dictionary

Silver lining – это метафора, сравнивающая сияющий край облака, освещенного солнцем или луной, с серебряной подкладкой.

Существительное silver lining используется, когда хотят показать, что даже в самых сложных и безвыходных ситуациях есть положительный аспект.

С большой долей вероятности можно сказать, что выражение silver lining появилась благодаря Джону Мильтону, английскому поэту, мыслителю и политическому деятелю 17 века. Мильтон использовал фразеологизм в пьесе-маске «Комус», которая была представлена в 1634 году в замке Ладлоу.

I see ye visibly, and now believe
That he, the Supreme Good, to whom all things ill
Are but as slavish officers of vengeance,
Would send a glistering guardian, if need were
To keep my life and honor unassailed.
Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night?
I did not err; there does a sable cloud
Turn forth her silver lining on the night,
And casts a gleam over this tufted grove. 

Другой английский поэт Томас Уортон прокомментировал этот отрывок следующим высказыванием:

"When all succour ſeems to be lost, Heaven unexpectedly presents the ſilver lining oſ a ſable cloud to the virtuous."

В середине 19 века существительное silver lining стало частью пословицы every cloud has a silver lining (нет худа без добра), которая употребляется для выражения оптимизма, и чтобы приободрить кого-то в сложных обстоятельствах.

Варианты произношения silver lining

Британский [ˌsɪlvə ˈlaɪ.nɪŋ]
 
Американский [ˌsɪlvɚ ˈlaɪ.nɪŋ]

Варианты перевода фразеологизма silver lining

луч надежды,
положительная сторона, 
светлая сторона,
позитивный момент,
просвет

Примеры употребления идиомы silver lining

True, grim determination had taken the place of high-hearted hopes, but people could still find a silver lining in the cloud.
Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, 1936
But just because you get distracted by the silver lining for a little while, that doesn’t mean there’s not still a huge dark cloud behind it.
Jordan Sonnenbuck, Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie, 2014
I filled myself with such hope and continued to cling to a silver lining, which seemed to disappear as rapidly as my desperation to cling to it increased.
Mark Mathabane, Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography, 1998
The silver lining is that our existing vaccines and antibody therapies are still likely to be effective against the new strain.
Shelly Fan, A language ai is accurately predicting covid-19 ‘escape’ mutations, Singularity Hub, 19 January 2021

Photo: Iceland photo created by tawatchai07

Тема:       Теги: Wordstory, Etymology

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