be a blessing in disguise

To result 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.

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Virgilius	-	Late Roman
Melville	MEL-vil	English
Vadimir	-	Russian (Rare)
Aretas	-	Biblical
Imke	IM-kə (Dutch, German)	Frisian, Dutch, German
Hanae	hah-nah-e	Japanese