1. look on the bright side - Verb
2. look on the bright side - Phrase
look on the bright side (third-person singular simple present looks on the bright side, present participle looking on the bright side, simple past and past participle looked on the bright side)
To examine a situation, usually bad, from a positive perspective.
Look on the bright side. At least having a broken leg means Joyce will have to do the TPS reports until they remember to send your laptop over.
Always look on the bright side of life. Eric Idle
Avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life! Christopher Paolini
Well, I suppose I won't see you for a while. So farewell, good luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat ear wax, and look on the bright side of life! Christopher Paolini
I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make. Taraji P. Henson
But while it’s okay to want to look on the bright side with those picks, the reality is a lot of them won’t work out. Source: Internet
Halloween might just be the most American of American holidays, in that it represents a determination to look on the bright side, even at what is surely one of this country’s darkest hours. Source: Internet