Silver lining ( idiom ) - wikipedia Silver lining ( idiom ) Under a cloud ( with a silver lining ) ( 1920 ). A cartoon depicting George Lansbury. Captions : Under a cloud ( with a golden lining ) Comrade Lansbury. `` Thanks to my faithful brolski not a drop has touched me. '' ( Loud crows from `` Daily Herald '' bird. ) Possibly reflecting an allegation of Soviet funding for the Independent Labour Party. Lansbury founded the Daily Herald. A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism in the common English - language which means a negative occurrence may have a positive aspect to it. Origin The origin of the phrase is most likely traced to John Milton 's `` Comus '' ( 1634 ) with the lines, Was I deceiv 'd, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? See also idiom Every cloud has a silver lining Silver Lining ( disambiguation ) Is the glass half empty or half full ? The dictionary definition of silver lining at Wiktionary References Jump up ^ Cartoon from Punch, Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, September 22, 1920 by Various Jump up ^ every cloud has a silver lining idiom definition. Jump up ^ Re : Every cloud has a silver lining Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Silver_lining_(idiom)&oldid=849842352 '' Categories : English - language idioms Metaphors Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 11 July 2018, at 19 : 02 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: who said every cloud has a silver lining
Answer: John Milton's