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blessing in disguise
A misfortune that unexpectedly turns into good fortune, as in Missing the train was a blessing in disguise, for if I hadn't, I wouldn't have met my future wife. [Mid-1700s]
Example Sentences
Woolery was 0-for-2 against Gress earlier in the game, but the pitching change was a blessing in disguise.
"It was just another Monday night for them. In fact, my dad invited my mum to come too but at the last minute she decided not to go. It was a blessing in disguise."
"It might have been a bit of a blessing in disguise," she said.
"It was a blessing in disguise," Dr Tabiri says.
If we are forced to make our democracy anew in order to save it, then perhaps this moment of great peril is actually a blessing in disguise.
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