"look on the bright side of it" meaning in All languages combined

See look on the bright side of it on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: looks on the bright side of it [present, singular, third-person], looking on the bright side of it [participle, present], looked on the bright side of it [participle, past], looked on the bright side of it [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=look on the bright side of it}} look on the bright side of it (third-person singular simple present looks on the bright side of it, present participle looking on the bright side of it, simple past and past participle looked on the bright side of it)
  1. (idiomatic) To examine an aspect or facet of something in a positive view. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-look_on_the_bright_side_of_it-en-verb-ae8jcp4f Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side of it",
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        "To examine an aspect or facet of something in a positive view."
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        [
          "aspect",
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        ],
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        ],
        [
          "positive",
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        [
          "view",
          "view"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To examine an aspect or facet of something in a positive view."
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side of it",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side of it",
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    }
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        "To examine an aspect or facet of something in a positive view."
      ],
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        [
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        "(idiomatic) To examine an aspect or facet of something in a positive view."
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