Silver lining and where to find it.

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "zanooda2" <zanooda2 at ...> wrote:

Steve: 
> > "That's the bright side I was looking for."
 
> zanooda: 
> I need to check, but I think we do have an expression "the bright side" (I forgot :-)), so maybe I can use it. "I was looking for" doesn't sound well in translation (in this particular case). Can I say "I knew we can find a bright side in anything"? Or "I knew there must be a bright side here"? Or something like that? Thanks for the suggestion :-)
>

Geoff:
There is another UK expression "Always look on the bright side" which, in 
some ways, carries a subtly different nuance to the "silver lining" one.

I still tend to favour (2) of your list but, on reflection, I now feel led to put 
forward an alternative which  would be something like "Well, that's a 
relief to hear".