Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining——塞翁失馬，焉知非福

** no matter how bad a situation seems, there is always some hidden benefit or hope

~~ 塞翁失馬，焉知非福；否極泰來；山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又一村

~~light at the end of the tunnel; darkest hour is near the dawn; blessing-in-disguise

!! In 1634, John Milton wrote in Comus: "a woman lost in a wood takes hope in these words: Was I deceived? or did a sable cloud turn forth her silver lining on the night?" The "silver lining" refers to the bright edge of a cloud when the sun is behind it.

一六三四年，John Milton 在《Comus》中寫道：“一個迷失在森林裡的女人對這些話充滿了希望：我被欺騙了？還是一個烏雲在夜空露出銀邊？”，“銀邊”指的是太陽位於雲後時，雲層邊緣的明亮部分。

!! In popular World War I song: "Keep the Home Fires Burning" , "There's a silver lining through the dark clouds shining."

在第一次世界大戰的一首受歡迎歌曲唱道：“讓家裡爐火繼續燃燒”，“銀色的光芒透過烏雲閃耀”。

>> Tech layoffs have left tens of thousands jobless -- yet every cloud has a silver lining, as many engineers are now launching their own startups.

科技業裁員讓數萬人失業——但塞翁失馬，焉知非福，許多工程師現在正創辦自己的公司。

學勤教育中心英語專科導師 李啟文 教授