ILL WIND

[Kilborn]

What's the rest of the phrase "it's an ill wind that blows ..."?

[Quizmonster]

...nobody good. In other words, even bad things often have good results for some...eg builders have lots of work after a hurricane knocks houses down.

[swan04]

Didn't people in the Dark/Middle Ages think that all diseases were carried on the wind, eg The Black Death, hence "ill wind"?