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silver lining
The potential for something positive or beneficial to result from a negative situation. Often used in the phrase "every cloud has a silver lining." (A silver lining on a cloud is an indication that the sun is behind it.) There could be a silver lining to getting laid off—you might find a job you actually like!
silver tongue
Oratory skills that are particularly eloquent, artful, seductive, or persuasive. He might not have much experience in politics, but his silver tongue is bound to win over a great deal of voters.
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silver
n. money. I have some silver stashed at home if you need it.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- a silver lining
- a silver/smooth tongue
- be born with a silver spoon in (one's) mouth
- be born with a silver spoon in your mouth
- be given everything on a silver platter
- be given to (one) on a silver platter
- be handed everything on a silver platter
- be handed over on a silver platter
- be handed to (one) on a silver platter
- be like quicksilver
- born with a silver spoon
- born with a silver spoon in (one's) mouth
- born with a silver spoon in his or her mouth
- born with a silver spoon in mouth
- born with a silver spoon in your mouth
- cross (one's) palm with silver
- cross palm with silver
- cross someone's palm with silver
- every cloud has a silver lining
- every dark cloud has a silver lining
- every silver lining has a cloud
- give (one) (something) on a silver platter
- give (something) to (one) on a (silver) platter
- give (something) to (one) on a silver platter
- hand (one) (something) on a silver platter
- hand (something) to (one) on a (silver) platter
- hand (something) to (one) on a silver platter
- hand to on a silver platter
- have a silver tongue
- like quicksilver
- on a silver platter
- sell the family silver
- silver
- Silver Alert
- silver bullet
- silver foil
- silver fox
- silver goose
- silver lining
- silver plate(s)
- silver spoon
- silver surfer
- silver tongue
- silver-tongued
- silver-tongued orator
- speak with a silver tongue
- speech is silver, but silence is golden
- speech is silver, silence is gold
- speech is silver, silence is golden
- the family silver
- the silver screen
- thirty pieces of silver