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cloud

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EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING,

IN THE CLOUDS,

ON CLOUD NINE,

UNDER A CLOUD.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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every cloud has a silver lining

[every cloud has a silver lining] Every trouble has something hopeful that you can see in it, like the bright edge around a dark cloud. - A proverb. * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[under a cloud] {adj. phr.} 1. Under suspicion; not trusted. * /Joyce has been under a cloud since her roommate's bracelet disappeared./ * /The butcher is under a cloud because […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

on cloud nine

[on cloud nine] {adj. phr.}, {slang} Too happy to think of anything else; very happy. * /Ada has been on cloud nine since the magazine printed the story she wrote./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[have] See: [CAT HAS NINE LIVES], [ONE'S CAKE AND HAVE IT TOO], [EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING], [EVERY DOG HAS HIS DAY], [HAVE NOTHING ON] or [HAVE ANYTHING ON], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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