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Had you ever even heard of a 'silver lining'?

posted 11 years ago by coolbrett
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I'm 25 years old and I've never heard of it. I had to look it up to see what the hell a silver linings playbook is.

[–] Arete411 11 years ago

I don't know that there is such a thing as a "Silver Linings Playbook"--that seems to be a specific construct for the book (and movie) as a riff on the sports metaphor--but the expression "Every cloud has a silver lining" is a common one.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Every+cloud+has+a+silver+lining

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[–] Dejay 8 years ago

What are clouds? You mean the server storage you get in mobile apps?

[–] Marion_C 11 years ago

I've heard of the term before but it's pretty archaic now, people don't usually say it in common conversation anymore.

[–] ForeverVR46 10 years ago

Oh Lord then I must be archaic! LOL No, I am just 45 but I remember my mom and my grandmother saying this and I have said it to my sons before. Not often. More often is the always entertaining "The sun will come up tomorrow..... OVER AT THE FRANKENSTEIN PLACE" but very few people get those references to Tim Curry, We also tend to use "Come Play with us Danny" and "They ALL float down here...." Yeah, I am one of those sadistic mother's who like to torment her children(25 and 16) with Stephen King references. LOL My kids love it though and do it to me often too. We're all a bit twisted that way. Send in the clowns!

[–] moosefeathers 10 years ago

Dear Forevervr46: THEYREALLGONNALAUGHATYOUUUUUUUUUU.

Swing away, Merrill....Merrill, swing away...

[–] legendkillinpeopleschamp 11 years ago

Heard of the phrase but rarely use it.

[–] slmc17 11 years ago

It's a pretty common saying in England. 'Every cloud has a silver lining'.

The Playlist was added by someone involved in the movie, I'm assuming because of the strong sports theme running through it.

[–] et3andrewbrown 11 years ago

Also I common saying in the US. I'm 33 and I've heard it fairly often in my life. Certainly enough to know what it means at least.

[–] nephihaha 10 years ago

"The Playlist was added by someone involved in the movie, I'm assuming because of the strong sports theme running through it."

It's the title of the book it's based on.

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[–] Jutlander 11 years ago

I am Danish, 30 years old, and I know the expression because of this 2008 video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0h0a27_jPQ

[–] chivers677 10 years ago

I take it no one here has seen the movie Stuart Little. Hugh Laurie's character explains it briefly.

"Have you ever tried to grab a tongue?" ~ Karl Pilkington

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[–] nephihaha 10 years ago

"Every cloud has a silver lining" is a very well known proverb.

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It's not "sci-fi", it's SF!