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.

   Antonym: poisoned chalice

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 (zh), 因祸得福 (zh) (yīn huò dé fú)

• Dutch: een verhulde zegen
• Finnish: onni onnettomuudessa
• French: un mal pour un bien (fr)

• German: Glück im Unglück n, im Nachhinein ein Segen m, im Nachhinein betrachtet ein Segen
• Italian: bene insperato m, non tutto il male viene per nuocere
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 새옹지마 (ko) (sae-ongjima) (塞翁之馬 (ko))
• Polish: szczęście w nieszczęściu (pl) n
• Portuguese: há males que só vêm para o bem
• Spanish: no hay mal que por bien no venga (es)

See also

• silver lining