Idiom: A Blessing in Disguise

bad event with a good outcome

Examples

• Losing that job was a blessing in disguise.

Key rules

• A blessing in disguise means something bad that turns out to have a good result
• It is used with "was" or "turned out to be"
• It keeps the article "a" before "blessing"
• The phrase describes an event, not a person

Common mistakes

• A blessings in disguise → A blessing in disguise