bright side
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3.4
- noun
- /braɪt saɪd/
- Informal
:
lado bueno
- On the bright side, you hated working, right?
- look on the bright side
And in terms of your family, here's the real bright side.
- And in terms of your family, here's the real bright side.
- Can leave you feeling as though you are absolutely crazy and out of your mind because you don't always see the bright side.
- Now let's look at the bright side of the news with Drew's news.
- So I'm trying to see the bright side of things.
- But what about the bright side of radical acceptance?
- And that moment of lightness does not come from him talking about the bright side of what they're all going through.
- But on the bright side, if the world ends, Trump will be a one term president now.
- You keep me always looking on the bright side of things and in the present and and grateful for what I do have.
- And what you could do for someone with depression is listen and accept and recognize, but don't say, hey, let's look on the bright side.
- I know what he means is like positivity, like look at the bright side, like look at the half full cup, not the half empty cup, the high eye, not the low eye.
- And another bright side, if we're stranded out here because we either get stuck or we run out of fuel, at least we have shelter and food and water.
- On the bright side, even though it's dead, it pretty much looks just like it would have if it had worked and we hadn't worked it.
- But on the bright side, I think I did solve a bunch of problems and I'm very happy with the form factor, it's just not where it's supposed to be.
Examples
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But on the bright side, this means that mathematics will always need new ideas.
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Always look on the bright side of life.
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On the bright side, she will have an easy time moving her stuff out now.
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Just trying to find a bright side.
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Come on, look on the bright side.
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There is always a bright side.
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Hey, look on the bright side, huh?
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One could object that I simply look too much on the bright side of life.
Academic text (2003) -
Well, on the bright side at least it's not raining.
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In challenging times, it's important to remind ourselves to look on the bright side.
Synonyms
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3.5
A good part of a situation or choice
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2.8
A positive part of a hard situation that gives hope
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3.5
A good thing that comes from a bad situation
Antonyms
How Positive
- Informal
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3.4
38
3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the positive or hopeful aspect of a situation' is directly and transparently composed from 'bright' (positive, promising) + 'side' (an aspect or feature). This basic metaphoric mapping (bright = good/positive) and the noun‑noun composition is cross‑linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase bright side comes from the simple image of something with a light part and a dark part: you choose to look at the bright side that has the light. So, to 'look on the bright side' means to focus on the 'positive' or 'hopeful' part of a bad situation.