What exactly does this mean: no hay mal que por bien no venga

Question

que exactamente quiere decir con este refrán: No hay mal que por bien no venga.

Answer 1

No hay mal que por bien no venga =

Every cloud has a silver lining
It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good

Every once in a while the translator works. On the other hand, the 3rd answer was:

There is not badly that by well come not

Well, 2 out of 3 isn't bad.

I like the versions that Socceryo and MacFadden presented. Very close to the Spanish. However, I think the most common expression in English is the Silver Lining one that Kevin posted. - Gekkosan, Aug 20, 2010

Answer 2

Al principio creía que en inglés sería: "There is no bad thing that doesn't come by way of a good thing," pero me he dado cuenta (gracias, About.com) que quiere es "There is not a bad thing from which good doesn't come." Nunca lo he oído, pero me parece que quiere decir que algo bueno viene de cada cosa mala.

Which happens to be what I said =P. - socceryo3, Aug 20, 2010

Yes, sorry, when I started to type my answer, you hadn't posted your answer, so I didn't know. - MacFadden, Aug 20, 2010

Answer 3

My Spanish teacher had that on her door. "There's nothing bad through which good doesn't come." If you would type it into the translator at the top, instead of posting it in the forum for other people to translate themselves, it gives you the english equivalent. But I'm not going to post that, because you should have put it in the translator yourself.