English · Idiom Attested

look on the bright side

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Be optimistic.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

là một người lạc quan

Machine-translated — suggest a fix

Where it’s used: Used Widespread English

Examples

So let's look on the bright side, Mr. Coles.

Always ready to look on the bright side she expected that the remission would last for a long time, and there was a conspiracy between Maureen and her mother to conceal Julia's suffering from her.

British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).

Common questions

What does “look on the bright side” mean?

Be optimistic.

Is “look on the bright side” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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