1) Bright side 2) Bright spot in a dark cloud 3) British play 4) English-language idiom 5) Hope amid misfortune 6) Hopeful prospect 7) Sign of hope amid the gloom 8) Twenty-fifth bonus 
[idiom] A silver lining is a metaphor for optimism in the common English-language idiom `Every cloud has a silver lining.` == Origin == The origin of the phrase is most likely traced to John Milton`s `Comus` (1634) with the lines, == See also == ...
[n] - a consoling aspect of a difficult situation
bright side noun a consoling aspect of a difficult situation; `every cloud has a silver lining`; `look on the bright side of it`
a consoling aspect of a difficult situation