blessing in disguise

English

Etymology

From blessing + in + disguise.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Noun

blessing in disguise (plural blessings in disguise)

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

Translations

A seeming misfortune that turns out to be for the best

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: een verhulde zegen
• French: un mal pour un bien (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: bene insperato m, non tutto il male viene per nuocere
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 새옹지마 (ko) (塞翁之馬, sae-ong-ji-ma)
• Portuguese: há males que só vêm para o bem
• Spanish: no hay mal que por bien no venga (es)

See also

• silver lining