"A blessing in disguise"

Question

I wanted to go to the movies but my car broke down. It was a blessing in disguise because the move was cancelled.

Answer 1

You can find this idiom in our phrasebook, blessing in disguise.

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Answer 2

A better example is,

I wanted to go to the movies but my car broke down. It was a blessing in disguise because a fire broke out in the movie theatre and many people were injured.

From TheFreeDictionary.com:

be a blessing in disguise

to be something which has a good effect, although at first it seemed that it would be bad or not lucky Losing my job turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it forced me to think carefully about my future.

Answer 3

Actually, to be effective, "a blessing in disguise" should carry both the notion of something strongly desireable (like buying the winning lottery ticket) which one fails to obtain/have/achieve --- to one's great good fortune (as the person who bought it was 1. mugged for it, 2. had to spend months with the police to prove it was his & to testify against the mugger, 3. was besieged by friends, relatives, strangers & con-artists all hoping for a share, 4. his children were kidnapped & held for ransom and MORE). It should not be used for slight or minor coincidences.