bright side

A favorable or hopeful aspect, as in Bob is inclined to look on the bright side of everything. This idiom uses bright in the sense of "lit up with gladness or hope." [First half of 1800s] Also see glass is half full.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Diogo	DYAW-goo (Portuguese), JYAW-goo (Brazilian Portuguese)	Portuguese
Bledsoe	['bledsəu]
Pollock	['pɔlək]
MÔNica	-	Portuguese
Eduard	E-doo-ahrt (German)	German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Catalan, Dutch, Estonian, Romanian, Georgian, Armenian
Edwina	ed-WEEN-ə, ed-WIN-ə	English