benefit from a misfortune 因祸得福

“因祸得福”，汉语成语，意思是遭遇灾祸，但由于某种原因却反而使人得到好处。比喻变坏事为好事。可以翻译为“benefit from a misfortune”等。

 

例句：

 

他那次生病反而是因祸得福，因为在医院里他认识了现在的妻子。

His illness was a blessing¹ in disguise, for there in the hospital he knew a girl who later became his wife.

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