a blessing in disguise

An unfortunate event or situation that results in an unforeseen positive outcome. Running late for work turned out to be a blessing in disguise. I would have been in the middle of that big multi-car pileup had I left the house on time.

a blessing in disguise

something that at first appears to be bad or unlucky but is actually good Losing my job was a blessing in disguise - I never would have found this one if it hadn't happened.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Franklin	FRANGK-lin	English
Lakisha	lə-KISH-ə	African American
Apphia	AF-ee-ə (English), AP-fee-ə (English)	Biblical
CornÉLie	-	French
Areli	ay-REE-lie (English)	Biblical
BertÓK	-	Hungarian