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
Abia	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Rostislav	rahs-tee-SLAHF (Russian)	Russian, Czech, Medieval Slavic
Lamont	-	English
Afaf	-	Arabic
Kekoa	-	Hawaiian
Perce	PURS	English