不幸中の幸い

Meaning

1. expn
   small mercy (from some misfortune); silver lining of a dark cloud; consolation in sadness; blessing in disguise

Example sentences

• 何はともあれ、大事にいたらなかったのは、不幸中の幸いであった。

  At any rate, that it had ended without serious incident was a small mercy.

• 誰も死ななかったのは不幸中の幸いでした。

  It is a consolation that no one was killed.

• 「腰は痛む？」「いや、別に」「そう、それは不幸中の幸いね」

  "Does your back hurt?" "No, not really." "Oh, that's something then, isn't it?"