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
Tena	TE-nah	Croatian
Somer	['sʌmə]
Linnie	LIN-ee	English
Sakurako	sah-koo-ṙah-ko	Japanese
Flavian	-	History
Apostolis	-	Greek