look on the bright side
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look on the bright side (third-person singular simple present looks on the bright side, present participle looking on the bright side, simple past and past participle looked on the bright side)
- (idiomatic) To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a positive perspective; to be cheerful or optimistic.
- Synonym: look on the positive side
- Coordinate term: look on the dark side
- Look on the bright side. At least having a broken leg means Joyce will have to do the TPS reports until they remember to send your laptop over.
- 2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:
- Patrick O'Brien: No hard feelings? I've been falsely accused, had the crap kicked out of me, now I have no job.
Gene Hunt: Look on the bright side. Still got your health. So, you know, every cloud.
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- “look on the bright side”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
- “look on the bright side”, in Collins English Dictionary.
look on the bright side on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
