양지가 있으면 음지도 있다
sunny-spot-SUBJ have-IF shady-spot-TOO have
If there’s a sunny spot there’s a shady spot too.
“Every silver lining comes attached to a cloud.” This is the inverse of “Every cloud has a silver lining,” but the meaning ends up being the same. There’s a related proverb that goes,
양지가 음지 되고
sunny-spot-SUBJ shady-spot become-CONJ
음지가 양지 된다
shady-spot-SUBJ sunny-spot become-PRES
Sunny spots become shady spots and shady spots become sunny spots.
I think what I like most is the idea the Korean has special words that mean shady spots and sunny spots. It’s like a language invented by cats.
The picture below shows Bernie-the-Cat finding a sunny spot on the front stoop of my home in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, in 1997.
Bernie-the-Cat was the youngest of three cats that Michelle and I had, first in Minneapolis and later in Philadelphia.