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What does “Après la pluie, le beau temps” mean?

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Après la pluie, le beau temps

Word for word

After the rain, the fine weather

What it really means

After a bad spell comes a better one. It serves to console someone going through a hard time.

How we say it in English

Every cloud has a silver lining

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