"look on the bright side" meaning in English

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      "form": "looks on the bright side",
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        "present",
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        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "looking on the bright side",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: look on the dark side"
        },
        {
          "text": "Look on the bright side. At least having a broken leg means Joyce will have to do the TPS reports until they remember to send your laptop over.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:",
          "text": "Patrick O'Brien: No hard feelings? I've been falsely accused, had the crap kicked out of me, now I have no job.\nGene Hunt: Look on the bright side. Still got your health. So, you know, every cloud.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a positive perspective; to be cheerful or optimistic."
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      "id": "en-look_on_the_bright_side-en-verb-Cm8Nd2dZ",
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        [
          "examine",
          "examine"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "unfavorable",
          "unfavorable"
        ],
        [
          "positive",
          "positive"
        ],
        [
          "perspective",
          "perspective"
        ],
        [
          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
        ],
        [
          "optimistic",
          "optimistic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a positive perspective; to be cheerful or optimistic."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "the glass half-full"
        },
        {
          "word": "count one's blessings"
        },
        {
          "word": "every cloud has a silver lining"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "look on the positive side"
        },
        {
          "word": "look on the bright side of it"
        }
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "katsoa asian valoisaa puolta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "voir le bon côté des choses"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "myśleć pozytywnie"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "look on the bright side"
}

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      "form": "looks on the bright side",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "looking on the bright side",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "looked on the bright side",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "look on the bright side (third-person singular simple present looks on the bright side, present participle looking on the bright side, simple past and past participle looked on the bright side)",
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "the glass half-full"
    },
    {
      "word": "count one's blessings"
    },
    {
      "word": "every cloud has a silver lining"
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: look on the dark side"
        },
        {
          "text": "Look on the bright side. At least having a broken leg means Joyce will have to do the TPS reports until they remember to send your laptop over.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007 March 6, Julie Rutterford, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 3:",
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        }
      ],
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        "To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a positive perspective; to be cheerful or optimistic."
      ],
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        ],
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          "situation",
          "situation"
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        ],
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          "positive",
          "positive"
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        [
          "perspective",
          "perspective"
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          "cheerful",
          "cheerful"
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        [
          "optimistic",
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        "(idiomatic) To examine a situation, usually unfavorable, from a positive perspective; to be cheerful or optimistic."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "look on the positive side"
        }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "look on the bright side of it"
    }
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "katsoa asian valoisaa puolta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "voir le bon côté des choses"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "myśleć pozytywnie"
    }
  ],
  "word": "look on the bright side"
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